Essays about: "Formal Volunteer"

Found 4 essays containing the words Formal Volunteer.

1. 1. Boundaries of Knowledge : Foreign-Local Knowledge Exchange through Community Cooperation in Rural Guatemala

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Johan Blad; [2019]
   Keywords : foreign-local knowledge exchange; social learning systems; agriculture; community; Guatemala;

   Abstract : This thesis studies the learning process between foreign and local knowledge in a community of organic farmers by the name Atitlán Organics in Tzununa, rural Guatemala. Foreign settlers with formal education and contemporary farming experience work alongside indigenous local Guatemalan farmers in this community, which also takes on international volunteer workers. READ MORE

3. 2. STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY RELATIONS IN THE CONDITIONS OF MILITARY CRISES: The case of defence volunteer movement in Ukraine

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Oleksandra Kryshtapovych; [2016-07-01]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : ABSTRACT This thesis investigates relations between civil society and state in the conditions of military crises from civil society perspective. On a theoretical level, the thesis aims at determining whether classic understanding of state and civil society relations, conceptualised primarily with an assumption of a strong state and relatively peaceful times, is also applicable at times of military crises and when the state is weak. READ MORE

4. 3. I Volunteer to Help (Myself)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

   Author : Linn Malmborg; [2016]
   Keywords : formal international development volunteerism; development; volunteers; development professionals; post-colonialism; oppression; situated knowledges; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Volunteerism has been part of the development field for a long time, but has evolved from knowledge spreading to knowledge development through formal international development volunteer programmes. The purpose of this study is to see how development professionals perceive volunteerism to align with or further the sending organisation’s aims. READ MORE

5. 4. Retaining formal volunteers in volunteer based organizations

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Rahul Mohan; [2016]
   Keywords : Retain; Turnover; Volunteer; Formal Volunteer; Retaining;

   Abstract : Abstract Problem Formal Volunteers in volunteer based organizations drop out at a fast pace due to many reasons like lack of interest what they are doing, conflict among volunteers, lack of motivation, job dissatisfaction due to prolonged volunteering etc.  which is causing to improper functioning of these organizations and reaches a point where these volunteer based organizations find it difficult to function properly. READ MORE