UU101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: International Volunteering
10 Jan 2017
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Volunteering abroad is a popular way for people to expand their horizons, learn more about global issues, and explore countries and communities around the world. Volunteering abroad can take a number of forms but two of the most common include international volunteerism and international service learning through a specific organization or charity. Primary goal involves the international goal of developing in students a set of knowledge and skills dispositions that are focused on global citizenship. Benefits and challenges of international volunteerism and engagement: Benefits are: social participating in cross cultural exchange of ideas, personal learning a new language. Challenges are: contributing financially to the trip. Identity is a common feeling experienced by individuals participating in these programs is that they challenge you to reconsider who you are and your role within your community and the global world. International volunteering expose you to new cultural environment, new languages, and different ways of life. International volunteerism issues the volunteer might face:
