question is: do
they really volunteer with their true heart , time and dedication
or just for the sake of those compulsory CIP for the points to be
keyed in into their CCA points
certificate?
Undergraduates will volunteer if more
friends join in
By Lin Yan
Qin, TODAY
| Posted: 06 July 2009 0707
hrs
SINGAPORE: More of Singapore's youths would volunteer, if their
friends did so as well.
A survey by the National University of Singapore's NUS Volunteer
Network and the Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy
found that more than seven in 10 of the 3,143 undergraduates
surveyed would take part in volunteering opportunities in NUS if
more friends took part too.
Most volunteers also usually volunteer with friends, or with fellow
volunteers they meet through the activity.
According to the survey, the "findings reveal the social dimension
of volunteering and the important role that it plays in
volunteerism. Many undergraduates want to volunteer but there is an
initial inertia due to unfamiliarity, which can be overcome if they
had the support of friends and family".
The findings also showed that three in 10 NUS undergraduates
currently volunteer – a rate that is almost double the national
average of 16.9 per cent.
As for the top three factors that made volunteering unsatisfying,
they include a lack of organisation in the activities, inadequate
training, and feeling of boredom and loss of interest in their
volunteer work.
And while four in 10 supported the Community Involvement Programme
in schools, a similar number (40.1 per cent) also felt the
activities students engage in lacked the essence of community
service.
The inaugural survey was conducted in May, and included Singapore
citizens, Permanent Residents and foreign students - except those
who were here on exchange programmes.
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