Overview of the program
Through social entrepreneurship, well-being and human development among people of the world become possible. It is not only humane to establish a philanthropic program, but also a great idea of improving the planet. This report describes a set of ideas to come up with a way of supporting philanthropic organizations established in the third world to help impoverished children.
Volunteers from all corners of the world will be invited to provide community services such as education, family help, counseling, health services, and capacity-building programs in the communities (Leadbeater 1997, p. 121). Volunteers will gain vast experience from the exposure to different cultural backgrounds and professions.
Purpose of the volunteering Programme
The program attempts to provide a solution to the needy in underdeveloped countries. This program will organize a way of working with the communities at the local level. Instead of students staying idle during their long summer vacation, the program will be inviting those who are interested in volunteering in abroad countries (Schaper & Volery 2007, p. 39).
Through the program, volunteers will gain vast experience in an international charity organization setting. At the same time, they will offer their donations to help underprivileged children from third-world nations. This will be a very distinguished chance for students since they will come to interact with different cultural setups when volunteering in local communities.
The program intends to invite students who are on a long vacation, jobless graduates, graduates who need related working experience, retired people, and so forth. Instead of students and other people staying idle, they can help change the world in a philanthropic way through this volunteer program. The program will be helpful to both the volunteer and the needy children.
The approach used to develop the program
The program is being organized in collaboration with universities. It will encourage taking gap years to improve students’ academic performance and experience. Mostly, college students will be using the long holiday to enroll for volunteer-ship in abroad countries (Thompson 2002).
Volunteering abroad in countries is a commendable way of gaining a working or professional experience while working to help underprivileged children. Students who wish to volunteer will have a chance to learn about cultural diversity and different attitudes toward life because of the exposure to varied cultures (Grave & Zacharakis 2008, p. 131).
Volunteering is a great way of developing personally, professionally, and even ethically. One can develop professional skills, self-esteem, and confidence. This is also an opportunity to discover one’s self and also to form personal identity.
This volunteering program will ensure that underprivileged children in third-world nations are taken care of. The volunteers will engage in different projects. Major projects include capacity building among young children through education, counseling of the children, teaching, and guiding, visiting the sick, health care, and religious guidance (Timmons & Spinelli 2007, p. 74).
Donations will be made. Possible donors will be encouraged to send their donations in form of food, clothing, money, and so forth. Money is normally needed in charitable organizations to maintain the underprivileged children, pay school fees and maintain the organization’s administration (Nicholls 2006).
Application for the volunteer position will be done through an online procedure on the program’s website. Qualifications will be specified and the shortlisted people will be interviewed and evaluated by the program officials. This process is mandatory as the program intends to involve only serious people who have a philanthropic heart.
Conclusion
The program will work in collaboration with different philanthropic organizations active in the underdeveloped world, public and private universities across the U.S.
Reference
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Leadbeater, C 1997, The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur, Demos Publishers, London.
Nicholls, A 2006, Social Entrepreneurship: New Models of Sustainable Social Change, Oxford University Press, New York.
Schaper, M & Volery, T 2007, Entrepreneurship and small Business, John Wiley & Sons Publishers, Milton QLD.
Thompson, J 2002, ‘The World of the Social Entrepreneur’, International Journal of Public Sector Management, vol.15 no. 5, pp. 412-31.
Timmons, J & Spinelli, S 2007, New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century, McGraw-Hill/Irwin Publishers, Boston MA.