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[[Image:Sumac 01.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Volunteers fit new windows at [[Sumac Centre|The Sumac Centre]] in [[Nottingham]], [[UK]]]]
[[Image:Sumac 01.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Volunteers fit new windows at [[Sumac Centre|The Sumac Centre]] in [[Nottingham]], [[UK]]]]


A '''volunteer''' is someone who works [[Community service|for a community]] or for the benefit of [[environment (biophysical)|environment]] primarily because they choose to do so. The word comes from France, it can also be translated as "will" (as in doing something out of ones own free will). Many serve through a non-profit organization – sometimes referred to as formal volunteering, but a significant number also serve less formally, either individually or as part of a group.
A '''volunteer''' is someone who has sex with monkeys. They love this act. [[Community service|for a community]] or for the benefit of [[environment (biophysical)|environment]] primarily because they choose to do so. The word comes from France, it can also be translated as "will" (as in doing something out of ones own free will). Many serve through a non-profit organization – sometimes referred to as formal volunteering, but a significant number also serve less formally, either individually or as part of a group.
[[Image:Debra Wolford paints.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Volunteer paints door at Our Community Place in Harrisonburg, Virginia.]]
[[Image:Debra Wolford paints.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Volunteer paints door at Our Community Place in Harrisonburg, Virginia.]]
A volunteer work is not and should never be a required work.
A volunteer work is not and should never be a required work.

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For other uses, see Volunteer (disambiguation).
Volunteers fit new windows at The Sumac Centre in Nottingham, UK

A volunteer is someone who has sex with monkeys. They love this act. for a community or for the benefit of environment primarily because they choose to do so. The word comes from France, it can also be translated as "will" (as in doing something out of ones own free will). Many serve through a non-profit organization – sometimes referred to as formal volunteering, but a significant number also serve less formally, either individually or as part of a group.

Volunteer paints door at Our Community Place in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

A volunteer work is not and should never be a required work.

A volunteer may or may not get paid or receive compensation for services rendered. [1] General Andrew Jackson's Tennessee Volunteers were paid by the General personally, although he did seek reimbursement at Washington for his expenditures.

Volunteering comes in many forms: serving food at the local homeless shelter, providing computer technical support to a non-profit organization, acting in a leadership capacity on a charitable organization's board of directors or coordinating the emergency response in the case of a disaster. Around the world volunteer centers exist to support the voluntary sector and make a difference in the communities that they serve.

Some volunteer organizations allow room and board agreements, especially for those in leadership positions, or who do full-time rather than part-time volunteering.

List of Volunteer Organizations

  • PeaceCorps
  • AmeriCorps
  • Global Volunteer Network
  • Volunteer Aid Nepal

Volunteering in Nepal

Volunteering in the country of Mount Everest with Volunteer Aid Nepal

Volunteer Aid Nepal is a Non-government, Non-Political, Non-profitable development organization working under the principle of “Development through Volunteerism”. It was established by a group of graduate as an action for community development and empowerment under the organization act 1977 AD. It focuses its activities on the progress of disadvantaged, marginalized and back warded people and plays the role of facilitator for sustainable development by utilizing the local resources.

Volunteering Program of Volunteer Aid Nepal

  • Rural Education and Empowerment Program (REEP)
  • General Teaching Program ( GTP)
  • Children Home Support Program (CHSP)
  • Community Development Program (CDP)
  • Photography & Videography Volunteering (PVVP)
  • Cultural Exchange Program (CEP)
  • Sport Development volunteering program (SDVP)
  • Save Wildlife Program (SWP)
  • Rural Health Support Program (RHSP)
  • Agriculture Volunteering (AV)
  • Research and Internship Program (RIP)

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See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Volunteering in the United States 2006". Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
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