VOLUN T EE R IS M

TS SPE C IFI C MO DU L E 2
NSTP – CW
OBJECTIVES
AT THE END OF THIS MODULE, THE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO:

1. INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON THE ELEMENTS AND CONCEPTS OF

VOLUNTEERISM.
2. ACQUIRE SKILLS IN PREPARING VOLUNTEER WORK THAT WILL MAXIMIZE
THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND STRENGTHEN THEIR SPIRIT OF DOING
VOLUNTARY ACTIONS.
3. VALUE VOLUNTEERS ACTIONS AS MEANS OF HELPING OTHERS.
 LAWS AND ISSUANCES SUPPORTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF VOLUNTEERISM IN THE PHILIPPINES

states that it shall be the policy of the State to

promote the participation of the various sectors of the Republic Act
Filipino society, and as necessary, international and
foreign volunteer organizations in public and civic
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affairs, and adopt and strengthen the practice of Volunteer
volunteerism as a strategy in order to attain national
development and international understanding. Act of 2007
 LAWS AND ISSUANCES SUPPORTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF VOLUNTEERISM IN THE PHILIPPINES

founded the National Youth

Commission (Pambansang Komisyon sa Republic Act
Kabataan), also known as the NYC, it is a 8044
government agency in the Philippines that The Youth in
specifically addresses issues surrounding the Nation-
Filipino youth. Building Act
It was founded on June 30, 1995.
 LAWS AND ISSUANCES SUPPORTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF VOLUNTEERISM IN THE PHILIPPINES

The NYC is the Philippine government's sole

Republic Act
policy-making body on youth affairs, but 8044
also coordinates and implements programs The Youth in
designed to respond to and raise awareness Nation-
on youth issues.
Building Act
HOW DO YOU DEFINE VOLUNTEERISM?
 VOLUNTEERISM
An act involving a wide range of activities,
including traditional forms of mutual aid and developmental
interventions that provides an enabling and empowering
environment both on the part of the beneficiary receiving and
the volunteer rendering the act, undertaken for reasons arising
from socio developmental, business or corporate orientation,
commitment or conviction for the attainment of the public
good and where monetary and other incentives or
reward are NOT the primary motivating factors.
 An individual or group who for reasons arising from
their socio developmental, business and corporate
orientation, commitment or conviction, contribute
time, service and resources whether on full-time or
part-time basis to a just and essential social
development cause, mission or endeavor in the belief
that their activity is mutually meaningful and
beneficial to public interest as well as to themselves.

VOLUNTEERS
 Refers to a local or foreign group that recruits, trains, deploys
and supports volunteer workers to programs and projects
implemented by them or by other organizations or any group that
provides services and resources, including but not limited to,
information, capability building, advocacy and networking for the
attainment of the common good.

VOLUNTEER SERVICE ORGANIZATION

SOME OF VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS
IN THE PHILIPPINES

More than just four walls and a roof, Habitat for

Humanity Philippines builds strong and resilient
structures that make our homeowners feel secure. Safe and
decent homes uplift a family’s standard of living by giving
them a true sense of ownership and pride. Through the
years, our organization has also expanded its services by
providing volunteer opportunities, community development
projects, youth programs, water and sanitation facilities,
schools, health centers, libraries, and multi-purpose
buildings that can benefit the whole community.
SOME OF VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS
IN THE PHILIPPINES
ChildHope Philippines is the first
international movement founded in the
country which advocates for the cause of
street children. The organization’s main
objective is to empower street children and
help them gain access to a brighter future. It
employs street educators who go out into the
streets of Manila and provide counseling
and basic education to street kids through
alternative learning sessions.
SOME OF VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS
IN THE PHILIPPINES
The Coalition of Services of the
Elderly (COSE) is a Non-Government
Organization working to promote
Community Based Programs of the
Elderly. In addressing issues of
poverty, exclusion and invisibility,
COSE is privileged to help older
people, especially the poor ones, in
enabling them to bring about
conditions that they may live in
dignity.
 Refers to those sectors of Philippine society that
organizes themselves into volunteers to take
advocacy and action primarily for local and national
development as well as international cooperation
and understanding.

VOLUNTARY SECTOR
EXAMPLES OF VOLUNTARY SECTORS
•Charities: World Vision, American Red Cross, YWCA
•Foundations: David Suzuki Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
•Social Welfare Organizations: Human Rights Watch, Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
•Advocacy Groups: Privacy International, World Wildlife Fund
•Faith-Based Organizations: Churches, Mosques, Temples
•Community Groups: Neighborhood Watch, Knitting
•Recreational Sports: Ultimate Frisbee, Running Clubs
 Example

FORMAL positions:
Tour guide or
docent, hospital
Formal volunteering programs are volunteer, or
structured and supervised. These are fundraiser for
long term programs that also involve large charities.
long term, regular attendance from
the volunteers. Formal volunteering
programs usually have managers or Sample
coordinators that recruit, train, activities:
supervise, and check volunteers’ work Greeting visitors,
outcomes. These programs have a giving directions,
strong emphasis on policies, serving meals to
procedures, and quality management patients, printing
of services being delivered. out and mailing
letters.

TYPES OF VOLUNTEER WORK

 Example positions:

GOVERNANCE Member of the

Board of Directors
of a not-for-profit,
member of a
parish
Volunteers in governance work administration
board, treasurer
provide leadership and direction
for the PTA.
to an organization. They help in
the planning and decision-making
involved in various aspects of an Sample
organization’s operations. Those activities:
who fit in this type of work Attending
usually have career experience or regular
meetings, taking
advocacy related to the minutes of the
organization’s main focus. meeting, basic
accounting.

TYPES OF VOLUNTEER WORK

 Example positions:

NON-FORMAL Guest
instructor,
member of a
neighborhood
Non-formal volunteer work is safety patrol
different from informal volunteer or street
work. Non-formal volunteer work is clean-up.
usually done in local communities in
unfunded and unstructured settings.
Informal volunteer work, on the Sample
other hand, are voluntary acts of activities:
helping and kindness (like buying an Teaching arts
elderly lady neighbour’s groceries or and crafts, going
with a group
babysitting for a friend). Those who
around the
join non-formal programs often think neighborhood to
of themselves as members or friends keep it safe,
rather than volunteers. picking up trash.

TYPES OF VOLUNTEER WORK

 Example positions:

SOCIAL ACTION Lobbyist for

political groups,
campaigner for
Social action volunteers are joined environmentalism,
advocate for
together by common advocacy or
research/studies
goal. And like non-formal volunteers, on a certain illness
they regard each other as friends or or disease.
comrades. A social action volunteer
program can have structure, for
example having a coordinator or
Sample activities:
leader, but some do not. Volunteers Attending rallies,
do not usually have regular hours of talking to people
volunteer time. But volunteers make about issues,
up for it since they are usually very making placards,
passionate and motivated about the gathering
cause and work hard towards signatures,
achieving specific social change. making phone
calls.

TYPES OF VOLUNTEER WORK

 PROJECT-BASED Example positions:
Member of a
committee
planning the
Volunteers provide their services
anniversary of
for projects that have defined time
frames. This requires volunteers to your town.
have specific skills to contribute to
clearly defined goals to be
delivered at defined schedules. Sample activities:
Project-based work can exist Welcoming
within a formal program or can be a visitors,
stand-alone project. It can have drafting a
leaders or coordinators but they communications
are not expected to manage the plan, soliciting
volunteers but work with them. advertisers for a
commemorative
book.

TYPES OF VOLUNTEER WORK

INTERNSHIP YEAR or
Example
GAP YEAR VOLUNTEERING positions:

Intern /
These types of volunteer work are Volunteer
usually geared for students or young Advocate
people who want to experience
working for a non-profit or for an
NGO. More often than not, these are
carried out overseas. Volunteers are
expected to work within a specific
Sample activities:
time frame during which they are
Teaching a
given the opportunity to experience
language or
local culture while providing services
assisting the
like teaching a language or assisting
organization in
the organization in various tasks.
various tasks

TYPES OF VOLUNTEER WORK

ONLINE VOLUNTEERING Example
positions:

Learning Ally,
Online volunteering work can Translators
range from mentoring to helping without
design websites or assisting in borders
social media campaigns; These
types of volunteering provide
opportunities for those who have
no time, unable to be physically
Sample activities:
present, housebound, or are in far Assist in Social
off places. As long as you’re Media Campaign,
willing to help, you can get Design Websites,
involved. online mentoring

TYPES OF VOLUNTEER WORK

MICRO-VOLUNTEERING
Micro-volunteering consists of
small actions done online that
support a cause. Examples are
donating through
crowdfunding sites
(Kickstarter, GoFundMe, etc.)
or joining campaigns by
providing your digital
signature (example: Open
Letters to the government on
various issues) via email.

TYPES OF VOLUNTEER WORK

 Actions are Financial
carried out freely gain is not
and without the main
coercion. motivating
principle.
There is a
beneficiary
other than
the
volunteer

UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES OF VOLUNTEERISM

SPREAD THE GOOD
MOST OF THE COUNTRY’S POPULATION
COMPRISES OF YOUTH. COMMUNITIES CAN
TAP INTO THIS SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE
POPULATION AND SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE
THEIR VOLUNTEER POOL. WITH THEIR VAST
SOCIAL NETWORKS AND TECHNOLOGICAL
SAVVINESS, YOUTH MAKE FOR GREAT
VOLUNTEER RECRUITERS. ENCOURAGE
TEENAGERS AND YOUNG HELPERS TO INVITE
THEIR FRIENDS, AND BE AMAZED AT WHAT
THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER.

ROLE OF THE YOUTH IN STRENGTHENING VOLUNTEERISM

 INTRODUCE FRESHER
PERSPECTIVES
BY WELCOMING YOUTH VOLUNTEERISM, AN
ORGANIZATION INVITES ENERGETIC
PERSPECTIVES AND NEW IDEAS. BETWEEN THE
AGES OF 12 AND 25, WHEN THEIR BRAINS ARE
FAST AND SOPHISTICATED, TEENAGERS AND
YOUNG ADULTS ARE ESPECIALLY WIRED TO SEEK
NEW EXPERIENCES AND TAKE RISKS. THEY CAN
ADJUST EASILY, ARE NATURALLY INQUISITIVE,
AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO DISCOVER CREATIVE
SOLUTIONS

ROLE OF THE YOUTH IN STRENGTHENING VOLUNTEERISM

 FOSTER LIFELONG
ENGAGEMENT
THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER WHEN THEY’RE YOUNG
ARE MORE LIKELY TO BECOME PHILANTHROPIC
ADULTS INVESTED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
PARTICIPATION IN VOLUNTEER AND CIVIC
OPPORTUNITIES FROM AN EARLY AGE INSTILLS
EMPATHY, INSPIRES A SENSE OF CITIZENSHIP,
AND HELPS YOUTH FIND PATHWAYS TO
MEANINGFUL EDUCATION AND WORK. IN FACT,
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER HELP TO
IMPROVE THE PRESENT, WHILE ENSURING
HEALTHY, SECURE FUTURES FOR THEMSELVES AND
THEIR COMMUNITIES.

ROLE OF THE YOUTH IN STRENGTHENING VOLUNTEERISM

 Volunteering
allows you to
connect to your
community and
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place.
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time as a
volunteer helps
you make new
friends, expand
your network,
and boost your
social skills.

IMPORTANCE OF VOLUNTARY ACTIONS

 Volunteering provides
many benefits to both
mental and physical health

IMPORTANCE OF VOLUNTARY ACTIONS

Volunteering can advance your career and gives you the opportunity to practice important
skills used in the workplace, such as teamwork, communication, problem solving, project
planning, task management, and organization.

IMPORTANCE OF VOLUNTARY ACTIONS

 Volunteering is a fun and easy way to explore your
interests and passions. Doing volunteer work makes you
find meaningful and interesting things that can be a
relaxing, energizing escape from your day-to-day routine
of work, school, or family commitments. Volunteering
also provides you with renewed creativity, motivation,
and vision that can carry over into your personal and
professional life.

IMPORTANCE OF VOLUNTARY ACTIONS

Our
future