The importance of volunteering service activity has greatly come to the front as a value to comprehensive politics, economy, society and culture and supplement.
On 'the year of world volunteers', the organized 'Korea Commission' is in active service,...
The importance of volunteering service activity has greatly come to the front as a value to comprehensive politics, economy, society and culture and supplement.
On 'the year of world volunteers', the organized 'Korea Commission' is in active service, and ahead of the 2002 Korean and Japanese World Cup, many efforts are being made for enacting 'the Support Law of Volunteering Service Activity' while the boom of volunteering activity is formed.
The purpose of this study was to improve the volunteer activities in Yeongdo-Gu, Busan. The surveys were conducted by nongovernment organizations, religious organizations, elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, universities and individual volunteers. The statistical analysis was used descriptive statistics by using SAS 10.2 program. The results of these surveys are summarized as follows:
First,a membership of Yeongdo-Gu Volunteering Service Center established in 1997 is 1,277(man 634, woman 643) and its roles are to network with welfare facilities, to enhance the participating rate of citizens, and to educate volunteers and so forth.
Second, as a result of individual volunteers survey, the subject of analysis were a total 64 cases of 45(70.3%) male and 19(29.7) female, their occupations are students 32(50.8%), housekeeper 13(20.6%).
Third, Volunteers were participating in various fields of volunteer including social welfare, environment, transportation, health, culture and art.
Thus operation plans to activate Yeongdo-Gu Volunteer activities are proposed as follows.
First, it is necessary for assurance of volunteering resource in community and volunteering network construction for efficiency management.
Second, it is also necessary for assurance of training program for volunteer.