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The term volunteer is contested — there is no one agreed-to definition, and the term is frequently debated. Some say a volunteer is someone who performs or offers to perform service out of his or her own free will, without payment, usually in support of a non-profit organization, mission-based initiative or community. Others say the term volunteer can apply to someone who receives a stipend for his or her service, as long as the volunteer is engaged in full-time service and has no other paid job. The term is usually used for such service to non-profit organizations, civil society organizations or even initiatives that originate in the public sector (schools, city offices, etc.), but not for those who work for free for a for-profit business.
Some people volunteer formally, through a non-profit organization/charity. Other people volunteer informally, helping a sick neighbor, for instance. Some volunteer for clinical trials or other medical research, and may even donate their bodies to science after their death.
The year 2001 was the International Year of the Volunteer, as designated by the United Nations. Every 5 December is International Volunteer Day, also designated by the United Nations. 2005 was the United Kingdom Year of the Volunteer.
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Corporate philanthropy follows employee interest. Get employees volunteering with your agency and funding is likely to follow. #blueprint
Terrygunnell (Terry Gunnell) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:59:11 -0000
Corporate philanthropy follows employee interest. Get employees volunteering with your agency and funding is likely to follow. #blueprint
Friends of Romania - Nonprofit organization providing economic assistance to Romanian NGOs and a social network for RPCVs who served in Romania.
Link Romania Moldavia Foundation - A Christian charity working with poor and needy families in north eastern Romania.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to Link Romania Foundation! We are a charity working mostly in Iasi.
Our main projects are: the renovation of a children hospital, building/renovating houses of the poor, the education of the children from some orphanages, teaching street children in a special classroom, supporting other... ]
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NetWorks - A Romanian Christian Charity founded by a group of people from Romania, England and Sweden.
New-Horizons - Dedicated to the development of social and moral awareness to encourage sustainable development within society.
Meta Description: [ New Horizons Foundation - Lupeni, Romania: Adventure Education and Service Learning strategies for (inter)personal development in partnership with Young Life ]
Relief Fund for Romania - Community based projects supporting street children, the sick, the elderly and destitute communities.
Meta Description: [ The Relief Fund for Romania. UK Charity Organisation helping Romanian children, sick, elderly and destitute communnities. ]
Romania Information at Cleaford - Links to charities and missions working in Romania.
Meta Description: [ Information exchange service for charities and NGOs working in and for Romania ]
Romanian Angel Appeal - A charity focusing on medical, social and psychological services for children and young people affected by HIV/AIDS. [English/Romanian]
Meta Description: [ Romanian Angel Appeal este o fundatie de caritate fondata in 1990 la Londra si Los Angeles si inregistrata in Romania in anul 1991. Prin proiectele sale, RAA actioneaza pentru imbunatatirea asistentei medicale, sociale si psihologice a persoanelor in dificultate si, in special, a copiilor si tine... ]
Romanian Orphans and Street Kids - Helping the orphaned children of Iasi, Romania.
Meta Description: [ Romania orphans and street kids is a site devoted to the plight of orphans in Iasi, Romania. ]
Tanner Romania Mission - Volunteering opportunities and a description of this mission, pictures and how it was started.
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