Volunteer Work category: 192 books
The Unheard Voices
Community Organizations and Service Learning
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2009
Service learning has become an institutionalized practice in higher education. Students are sent out to disadvantaged communities to paint, tutor, feed, and help organize communities. But while the students gain from their experiences, the contributors to The Unheard Voices ask, "Does the community?"
This...
by Adi Walker
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
While government and non-government agencies employ permanent staff, the random nature of humanitarian work means, inevitably, that many employees and consultants will be on short–term contracts. Some will have to start searching for their next post almost as soon as they begin the current one....
Powered by Girl
A Field Guide for Supporting Youth Activists
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
A playbook for working with and training girls to be activists of their own social movements
Drawing from a diverse collection of interviews with women and girl activists, Powered by Girl is both a journalistic exploration of how girls have embraced activism and a guide for adults who want...
Change Research
A Case Study on Collaborative Methods for Social Workers and Advocates
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Collaborating with community members adds a critical dimension to social work research, providing practitioners with intimate knowledge of a community's goals and needs while equipping community advocates with vital skills for social change. Sharing the inspiring story of one such partnership, Corey...
A Twist of Faith
An American Christian's Quest to Help Orphans in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
American Christians, veteran reporter John Donnelly has discovered, are an ever-increasing source of aid in Africa, with some experts estimating that U.S. churches supply more resources to Africa than USAID. In A Twist of Faith, he tells the unlikely story of how faith and determination compelled...
Empire of Humanity
A History of Humanitarianism
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Empire of Humanity explores humanitarianism’s remarkable growth from its humble origins in the early nineteenth century to its current prominence in global life. In contrast to most contemporary accounts of humanitarianism that concentrate on the last two decades, Michael Barnett ties the past to...
by Grace Livingston Hill
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
According to Wikipedia: "The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian Church denomination that is organised in a quasi-military manner. It is well known for its social services and charitable work. The founders, William and Catherine Booth, sought to bring Christian salvation to the poor, destitute and...
Challenging the third sector
Global prospects for active citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
This is the first book to explore the different relationships between active citizenship and civil society, particularly the third sector within civil society. In what ways can the third sector nurture active citizenship? How have the third sector and active citizenship been constructed and reconstructed...
by Gordon Owen
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
This Handbook + Information + Contacts - Resource Data for Night Shelter Volunteers & Workers eBook simply serves to provide an outline guidance for ay group setting up a Night Shelter in their locality and some of the information, contacts, and resources that may help in the process of adopting...
by Gordon Owen
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
An equal opportunities policy simply sets out how your organisation is going to make sure that your organisation is open and accessible and strives to treat people fairly.
It is important because:
• A number of individuals, organisations and communities in this country face discrimination,...
by Gordon Owen
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
Why does quality matter?
Voluntary and community organisations/groups want to provide the best services possible for their service users and for other stakeholders that is, those who have an interest in what they do.
As voluntary organisations/groups work more and more...
Learning to Play With a Lion?s Testicles
Unexpected Gifts From the Animals of Africa
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
The cheeky title of Melissa Haynes's story of adventure in Africa, Learning to Play with a Lion's Testicles, earned the book some big publicity on NBC-TV/Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on September 4,2013 where it topped the show's list of "Titles Not to Read" for September 2013. Melissa's book was also...
by G. S. Railton
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
According to Wikipedia: "The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian Church denomination that is organised in a quasi-military manner. It is well known for its social services and charitable work. The founders, William and Catherine Booth, sought to bring Christian salvation to the poor, destitute and...
Linking Activism
Ecology, Social Justice, and Education for Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This book, a unique examination of the activist striving to work for more holistic social change, creates a conceptual framework to give visibility to the complexity of activist practice that spans environmental and social justice concerns.