A senior government official in Botswana said that volunteers have been stigmatised as people who cannot get jobs.  Read article

Bruno Ayres and Fabiano Morais, of Portal do Voluntário and Comunitas, respectively, looked into volunteer management vis-a-vis automobile giant Henry Ford's theory. Fordism is "the economic philosophy that widespread prosperity and high corporate profits can be achieved by high wages that allow the workers to purchase the output they produce, such as automobiles."  Read article

Thimphu, Bhutan: It made me very happy and proud to have made another person happy. I think everyone in this world should help one another. This was one of the four presentations made by students about their personal experience of volunteering during this year’s International Volunteer Day celebrations at the Clock Tower Square in Thimphu on December 2.  Read article

Kumi Naidoo, CIVICUS' Secretary-General, writes about the role and contributions of volunteers to social change and outlined the dichotomy between activism and volunteerism. He also urged readers to discuss the relationship of volunteers and volunteerism to social activism.  Read article

Tacloban City, Philippines: Coastal Clean Ups will not only promote recognition and facilitation of volunteerism. More so, it will show that volunteerism activity when properly managed could play a vital role in addressing environmental issues, pollution prevention and human development in general.  Read article