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Assessment of Factors that Motivate Young People to Volunteer [PDF]

open access: yesProceeding Papers (BASIQ International Conference), 2023
The volunteering activities in which young people participate play a significant role in individual development, but it also affects society. The diverse challenges in the field of volunteering highlight the factors that motivate young people ...
Mădălina-Maria Dodoc (Ghițun)   +2 more
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Chiropractic assistance to firefighters from ICMBIO and IBAMA in Chapada dos Veadeiros - GO - Brazil

open access: yesBiodiversidade Brasileira, 2020
In 2018, I performed a Chiropractic Sessions research—through ICMBIO's volunteer program—with ICMBIO and IBAMA PREVFOGO Firefighters from Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park in the state of Goiás totalizing 111 firefighters.
Serena Eluf de Quadros, Isadora Tessler
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UAV-Supported Forest Regeneration: Current Trends, Challenges and Implications

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2021
Replanting trees helps with avoiding desertification, reducing the chances of soil erosion and flooding, minimizing the risks of zoonotic disease outbreaks, and providing ecosystem services and livelihood to the indigenous people, in addition to ...
Midhun Mohan   +16 more
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Views on volunteering in mental health: a focus group study with mental health professionals and volunteers in Portugal

open access: yesDiscover Mental Health, 2023
Introduction Volunteering has reported health benefits. However, little is known in Portugal about the views of mental health professionals and volunteers on volunteering in mental health care.
Mariana Pinto da Costa, Jaime Oliveira
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Volunteering: A viable alternative work experience for university students? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic reduced the availability of work placements in commercial organisations for university students and potentially changed the nature of placements in the future.
Yusuf, Z, Evans, Carl, Yusof, Zatun N
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Volunteering of Czech College Students – Experience and Motivation

open access: yesJournal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2021
Volunteering is an activity that enables the development of an individual’s competency and is also an area of interest both of society and the academic community.
Simona Činčalová, Martina Černá
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Autonomy as the Result of Relations: Role of Attachment to Mother and Peers in Volunteering Motivation in Adolescents

open access: yesПсихологическая наука и образование, 2022
The relevance of the study is defined by the role of volunteering as social practice in developing adolescents’ autonomy. Volunteering attitudes in adolescents are considered a meaningful indicator of personal autonomy development. The purpose
S.V. Molchanov   +2 more
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Volunteers on Volunteering

open access: yesBulletin of Kemerovo State University. Series: Political, Sociological and Economic sciences, 2022
Sporting mega-events improve local economy, affect political processes, and develop such non-commercial sector as volunteering. The article examines the attitude of volunteers to the legacy of such sporting mega-events as Olympic or Paralympic Games.
openaire   +1 more source

Motivations and Benefits of Student Volunteering: Comparing Regular, Occasional, and Non-Volunteers in Five Countries

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 2010
Programmes targeting student volunteering and service learning are part of encouraging civic behaviour amongst young people. This article reports on a large scale international survey comparing volunteering amongst tertiary students at universities in ...
Karen Smith   +5 more
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Self-growth, wellbeing and volunteering - Implications for social prescribing: A qualitative study

open access: yesSSM: Qualitative Research in Health, 2022
Volunteering - the giving of time and support, without expectation of payment, for the good of others, a community or organization – may bring about benefits to health and wellbeing.
Amadea Turk   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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