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Youth Participation in Service and Volunteering: Exploring Economic Benefit in the Southern Africa Context, a Youth Perspective

October 17, 2011

The study explores the benefits to both individual volunteers and society, where volunteer-enabling policy is present, as well as highlighting collective action theory that promotes volunteering in society.

Engaging Universities in the Regional Integration Project in Southern Africa

October 1, 2011

The aim of this paper is to explore the potential for engaging universities in promoting greater regional integration in the southern African region, with the intention of prompting further conversation and debate around the role of universities in supporting regional initiatives.

Five-country Study on Service and Volunteering in Southern Africa

June 1, 2007

In the context of globalization, civic service and volunteering is emerging as a growing social phenomenon and a field of inquiry internationally. This research was done to strengthen knowledge and understanding of service and to build research capacity in order to develop service as a field of inquiry and to strengthen its knowledge base and practice.

Five-country Study on Service and Volunteering in Southern Africa Malawi Country Report

June 1, 2007

This study on the nature and form of civic service and volunteering in Malawi followed a qualitative, descriptive research approach, drawing on information from an extensive document search, interviews with key informants responsible for supporting and/or implementing service and volunteering programmes and a focus group discussion with representatives of national and international organisations running structured service programmes, as well as those involved in district and community-based activities.

Five-country Study on Service and Volunteering in Southern Africa: Zambia Country Report

June 1, 2007

The study documents and analyses civic service and volunteering in Zambia and also identifies formal and informal civic service programmes in Zambia.

Five-country Study on Service and Volunteering in Southern Africa: Zimbabwe Country Report

June 1, 2007

The study documents and analyses civic service and volunteering in Zimbabwe and also identifies formal and informal civic service programmes in Zimbabwe.

Five-country Study on Service and Volunteering in Southern Africa: South Africa Country Report

June 1, 2006

The aim of the study was to document and analyse civic service and volunteering in South Africa.

Service Enquiry Service in the 21st Century

September 1, 2003

The workshop set out to acknowledge and explore the potential of youth service as a strategy for social, economic and democratic development, to identify new work that needs to be undertaken, and to increase knowledge about youth.

Building the Worldwide Community Foundation Movement

April 28, 2000

In October 1998, thirty-nine people from twelve countries met in Miami Beach, Florida. They represented organizations that support community foundations around the world. The meeting was a wonderful success. Delegates learned from each other, shared their experiences and dreams, and decided to maintain this international support network. The report of the meeting was widely circulated and extraordinarily well-received around the world.