State of the world’s volunteerism report 2011: universal values for global well-being


This documents looks at the range of volunteer actions across the spectrum of disaster management. It explains that increasingly, the aim of disaster programmes is to enhance prevention, mitigation and preparedness, limiting the need for response and recovery, and thus reducing loss of lives and livelihoods. If further adds that volunteers contribute in other, significant, ways to adaptation to new environments resulting from climate change through initiatives that are culturally sensitive and locally accepted.

The focus of this report is on the universal values that motivate people the world over to volunteer for the common good and on the impact of volunteer action on societies and individuals
Source(s): Publication date: 2011

ISBN/ISSN: 139789210548281
Number of pages: 120 p.