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Category of Volunteerism

Volunteerism is defined as donating time and energy for the benefit of others in the community without financial compensation. There are four main categories of volunteerism: philanthropy, service learning, community service, and social action. Community service, the most common form, involves direct service, indirect service, research service, or advocacy service to meet community needs. Volunteerism can also be service-based, skill-based, or events-based depending on how professionals and volunteers contribute their time and talents.

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Category of Volunteerism

Volunteerism is defined as donating time and energy for the benefit of others in the community without financial compensation. There are four main categories of volunteerism: philanthropy, service learning, community service, and social action. Community service, the most common form, involves direct service, indirect service, research service, or advocacy service to meet community needs. Volunteerism can also be service-based, skill-based, or events-based depending on how professionals and volunteers contribute their time and talents.

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VOLUNTEERISM

What is Volunteerism? It can be defined as follows:

The principle of donating time and energy for the benefit of other people in the community as a social
responsibility rather than for any financial reward

The practice of providing time and skills for the benefit of other people and causes rather than for financial
benefit.

CATEGORY OF VOLUNTEERISM

1. Philanthropy – dispensing funds for humanitarian purposes


2. Service Learning – combination of meeting community needs, identifying learning objectives and reflecting
on what is learned (type of pedagogy)
3. Community Service – giving time to directly help others
4. Social Action – working to eliminate the source that causes need

TYPE OF VOLUNTEERISM

1. Service-Based Volunteering – provides support


and manpower resources to the activities of the
main proprietor. E.g. volunteer in Brigada
Eskwela, mentoring, etc.

2. Skill-Based Volunteering – where professionals


use their talents, experiences and resources to
strengthen the capabilities of the social service
agencies that could be instrumental in
extending their activities for others.

3. Events-Based Volunteering – Volunteering at


one-time activities such as fundraising events.

VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY SERVICE


Community Service as one of the categories of volunteerism. This is also the most common form of
volunteerism. There are four types of community service.

1. Direct Service – engage students in person-to-person contact with those in need. E.g. cook/server in
homeless soup kitchen, tutor for kids in day care center, etc.

2. Indirect Service – meets a clear need but has benefits to the larger community. E.g.
volunteer/organizer of a fundraising program, volunteer in painting houses for Gawad Kalinga, etc.

3. Research Service – involves students in collecting information for the public interest or welfare. E.g.
water sampling and testing for community’s sanitary program.

4. Advocacy Service – allows students to lend their voices, writing ability and other talents toward an issue
in the public interest. E.g. conduct information campaigns, organization of a non-partisan letter writing
campaign for a social issue.

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