I feel compiled to attach one major component to this noble action that has extremly been over-looked or ignored. This is the issue of MOTIVATION of the volunteers. Not only is it lacking in monetery terms but also greatly where recognition and promotion of the very volunteers is concerned. What i mean is simply this that most of the people have realised that they did not have opportunity to get education to allow them to venture into wage earning employment,hence they find it wise to get envolved in volunteery work so as to learn skills,acquire experience and earn a living.

The most unfortunate part about these kind of volunteers who in fact are a majority is that however long or whatever experience they obtain in any particular field even more than a college graduate, They are not offered with any certificate or recommendation letters to just show that despite a person not being academically qualified, they at least have experience and skill in a particular field. I have been a volunteer since my high school days. since then, i do not have anything i can point at as a reward. of course i have attained knowledge but what could have been its use if i did not have the privilege to supplement it with my degree programme, which is a rare opportunity in the country with the population of 9.5 million having only two universities. the ratio here is that for every 10 000 people, only 1 is enrolled in university. cant some of the 9999 do volunteer work, get the knowledge and be considered as the educated of society? Most of the people in Zambia are unemployed mainly the youths and they are wandering about in streets and beer places, its not that they do not know about the many nun-governmental organizations, private institutions or community clubs to which they could subscribe and do voluntary work, the truth is that they know they will reap little or nothing at all despite their hard effort and commitment. I would finally recommend that we attach value the volunteer spirit.