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  2. International volunteering - Wikipedia

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    This called for the employment of doctors and nurses in third-world countries, practicing Western medicine in non-Western environments. The growing interest in international volunteering was facilitated, in part, by globalization as it fostered cross-cultural exchange, collaboration, and networking among all parties involved.

  3. Association for Volunteer Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA) was created in 1961 as a nonprofit association for those that work with volunteers, in any setting.For more than 44 years, it was the largest professional association in the world for managers of volunteers.

  4. United Nations Volunteers - Wikipedia

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    The Plan of Action to Integrate Volunteering into the 2030 Agenda is a framework under the auspices of the United Nations through which Governments, United Nations entities, volunteer-involving organizations, private sector, civil society including academia and other stakeholders come together to integrate volunteerism into the planning and ...

  5. Volunteering - Wikipedia

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    It was derived from the noun volunteer, in c. 1600, "one who offers himself for military service," from the Middle French voluntaire. [3] In the non-military sense, the word was first recorded during the 1630s. The word volunteering has more recent usage—still predominantly military—coinciding with the phrase community service.

  6. Voluntary Service Overseas - Wikipedia

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    VSO is a not-for-profit international development organization charity with a vision for "a fair world for everyone" and a mission to "create lasting change through volunteering". [1] VSO delivers development impact [ clarification needed ] through a blended volunteer model consisting of international, national, and community volunteers working ...

  7. AmeriCorps VISTA - Wikipedia

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    AmeriCorps VISTA is a national service program designed to alleviate poverty. President John F. Kennedy originated the idea for VISTA, which was founded as Volunteers in Service to America in 1965, and incorporated into the AmeriCorps network of programs in 1993. [1]

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  9. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a volunteer service - Wikipedia

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    Some people may be dedicated to Wikipedia as their number one cause in life. For most editors, however, editing Wikipedia is akin to a hobby that ranks lower in personal importance than editors' personal lives and their employment, family, health and other factors. Real life usually takes priority over editing Wikipedia.