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    Opportunities and Challenges of Volunteer ism as a Human Capital for Community Development. The case of Mesret Humanitarian Organization, Young Women Christian Association and Volunteer Service Over Seas- Ethiopia.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2013-06) Tegenie, Mesfin; Shiferaw, Tesfaye (PhD)
    The resea rch dealt with opportunities and challenges of volunteer ism as a human capital for co mmunity development in three se lected Civil Society Organizations in Addis Ababa. The researcher employed qualitative me th od of researc h design. Primary data was collected through conducting intervi ew and focus gro up discussion with 15 vo lunteers which were se lected pupu siv e ly . Besides, various relate d literature s rev iewed to gather rel eva nt information on the s ubject area. The data was analyzed throug h adopting qualitative data analysis procedures. The findings of the stud y indicated that there are vario us opportunities to utili ze volunteers for community development interventions . Be s ide s, there are also different <;hallenges which became an o bstacle to enhan ce volunteering activit ie s in the community. Flilthennore, findings of th e re sea rch showed that volunteers in the se lected civil soc iety organizations were attracte d in volunteering activities because of reaso ns such as mental sati sfac ti o n, personal development, sa ti sfaction attained as a result of providing se rvice for community. Rega rdin g contributions of vo lunt eers , the findnigs of th e re search showed that kn ow led ge, sk ill a nd experiences of volunteers playa greater role in development interve nti o ns. The iss ue of promotion of vo lunteeri sm found to be in adequately promoted and enhanced. Manageme nt of volunteers was also taken in to account and henc e it is found to be put in place and there is we ll mana gement of volunteers. In conclusion, the findin gs of the re search revea led that th ere are oppOitunities for volunteering activities which se rve for community deve lopm ent intervent ion s if the existing c ha ll e nges are tackeled.