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This is a 5 page paper comparing volunteerism in France, Chile and the United States. Volunteerism and community service are not international trends and are unheard of in many countries. In the United States at least 49% of the population has claimed that they have volunteered at least once in a community based organization or event. Nationally however, volunteers within the United States tend to concentrate their volunteer efforts on local levels as do local corporations. Volunteers in France and other European countries however concentrate more on international issues and social responsibility than on local concerns. In other countries, such as Chile, volunteerism is almost unheard of and not an historical or cultural aspect of the national government’s agenda. As the difference in the wealth and poorer classes in Chile widens, volunteers have only recently emerged to try and promote support for people within the communities to have the basics of life and have had to rely heavily upon international volunteer efforts and support.
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they have volunteered at least once in a community based organization or event. Nationally however, volunteers within the United States tend to concentrate their volunteer efforts on local levels as
do local corporations. Volunteers in France and other European countries however concentrate more on international issues and social responsibility than on local concerns. In other countries, such as Chile, volunteerism
is almost unheard of and not an historical or cultural aspect of the national governments agenda. As the difference in the wealth and poorer classes in Chile widens, volunteers have
only recently emerged to try and promote support for people within the communities to have the basics of life and have had to rely heavily upon international volunteer efforts and
support. An international organization called Energize Inc. has members from all over the world who are volunteers in their own countries and join
the association as a way to exchange ideas within the volunteer community. One thing that the members of Energize had noted however is that volunteerism is not an aspect of
everyones culture although many Westerners consider it an integral part of theirs. Dick Jensen, the Chair of the Task Force for Volunteers in the New Millennium from Santa Cruz once
recently wrote that "a few years back, my wife and I hosted a high school senior from Yugoslavia (Serbia) who wondered what I was doing when I was leaving for
a volunteer meeting. She asked Whats a volunteer? When I described that role to her, she indicated she had not heard of it - it was not a part of
her culture, economy, or experience"(Jensen, 2002). There are several international volunteer movements which not only responsible for sending volunteers to help in developing
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