Volunteering is an act of offering a service where you get paid by learning new skills, building social networks, advancing your career, and doing what tou enjoy doing.
Volunteering provides unique benefits to both the volunteer and the organization providing the opportunity, these benefits include:
TO THE VOLUNTEER
1. It provides you with a sense of confidence by providing you with the space to exercise your knowledge and bring your dreams to reality.
2. Volunteering comes with a wave of self-fulfillment and responsibility which helps in building you career-wise.
3. It expands your networking and boosts your social skills by introducing you to people of the same interest and field.
TO THE ORGANISATION
1. It builds a healthy relationship within the community by providing volunteering opportunities.
2. Volunteers provide services that are effective and efficient which can help save money and resources.
3. It creates an awareness about the organization, its profi,les, and what it does.
AUTHOR
Sandra Clement