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The book Sociology of Sanitation delineates the conceptual and theoretical formulations necessary for the study of sanitation. It develops some postulates that lead us to the various visible and invisible dimensions of sanitation. It uses data provided by various national and global agencies and presents a paradigm for Sociology of Sanitation. It examines how the sanitation situation prevailing in developing countries is not a replica of the sanitary...
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The Boys & Girls Clubs of America (the name that the national organization adopted in 1990) started in the industrial cities of the Northeast. The earliest club was founded in 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut - a city that typified the vast changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution. Modernism, in the form of steam engines, internal combustion engines and electrical power, caused enormous social changes. The rural farm population, in search of...
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Silke van Dyk und Tine Haubner analysieren die Kehrseiten des Community-Kapitalismus, diskutieren seine Bedeutung angesichts neoliberaler Krisen und fragen nach solidarischen Alternativen.
Nachbarschaftshilfe, Freiwillige Feuerwehr, Pflegepatenschaften, Tafeln, Flüchtlingshilfe oder Crowdsourcing: Unbezahlte Arbeit hat viele Gesichter, ist gern gesehen und findet nicht nur im Privathaushalt statt.
Der demografische Wandel und der Umbau des Sozialstaats...
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There are great expectations of voluntary action in contemporary Britain but limited in-depth insight into the level, distribution and understanding of what constitutes voluntary activity. Drawing on extensive survey data and written accounts of citizen engagement, this book charts change and continuity in voluntary activity since 1981. How voluntary action has been defined and measured is considered alongside individuals' accounts of their participation...
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Imtiaz Sooliman, a medical doctor practising in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, visited a Shaikh in Istanbul in 1992. The Sufi teacher gave him a message that would dramatically change the lives of countless people. ‘,To my absolute astonishment he told me I would help people for the rest of my life. He then instructed me to form a humanitarian organisation called the "Gift of the Givers", and repeated the phrase "the best among people are those...
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La Unidad de Investigación Periodística de la Institución Universitaria Politécnico Grancolombiano dedicó 17 meses al proyecto La guerra va a la escuela, un estudio sobre el impacto del conflicto armado en la educación básica y media en Colombia. La indagación de la primera fase permitió identificar que, entre el primero de enero de 1984 y el primero de diciembre de 2015, 1.901.011 personas vivieron un hecho victimizante cuando se encontraban...
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The Care & Feeding of Volunteers has evolved from a series of successful seminars attended by thousands of people across the United States and into Europe. In these sessions Bill has presented unorthodox ways of working with volunteers. They have attempted to change the paradigm of how America thinks about managing volunteers. In this book, Bill will challenge you to consider applying many of the leadership strategies that are working in corporate...
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Membership is critical for all non-profits. These new volunteers must include a mix of younger, middle aged and older members. The key thought in this book is to change from recruiting to attracting. This is a book about volunteers and change. While the current excitement is finding young people to bring into your agency, there is a large group of retiring Boomers that could help to increase our volunteer base. They are a vital group of healthy, wealthy...
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Have you ever wondered whether it is actually worth it to give? Have you ever been asked to volunteer your time or donate money, and then wondered if it's really worth it? Perhaps a person you know at a school, temple, social welfare home or environmental group called to ask if you could help out, when you already have plenty else to do? We talked with 25 people who give their time, talent or treasure to non-profits in Singapore. From twenty-something's...
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You are not alone in the frustration you feel as thousands of nursing home CEO's, administrators, executive directors, and others are searching for ways to attract new workers to the field of long-term care while simultaneously facing increasing pressure to provide personalized, individualized care. This is no small challenge in a society with deeply embedded negative stereotypes surrounding nursing homes. But there is some relief.
In Creating a Volun-Cheer...
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What is the single most important factor that distinguishes the great Rotary clubs from the rest? What features are most likely to inspire confidence in club members? What helps to bring new members in and retain current members? The answer to all these questions is in a single word: Energize. This book will help club members and officers see exactly how energizing their club is nothing more than the application of common business sense. It starts...
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¿Cómo generar competencias en aquellos que conviven con niños y niñas para que construyan entornos de protección y cuidado para éstos? ¿Cómo desarrollar proyectos sociales para transformar ambientes que afectan la vida de los niños y asegurarles un desarrollo integral? Este libro intenta dar respuesta a estos dos grandes interrogantes. Para ello, en la primera parte, analiza los paradigmas de política social y cuidado a la infancia y, en...
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Membership is critical for all Rotary clubs. These new members must include a mix of younger, middle aged and older members. It is this variety in age that increases the quality of a club's membership. This is a book about membership and change. Many clubs overlook the fact that the majority of their members will be retiring in the next decade and that the generations to follow are radically different from the generations of the past. It is critical...
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For any social and economic development, adequate sanitation in conjunction with good hygiene and safe water are essential to good health. A lack of sanitation and hygiene contributes to arrange of health and environmental problems. The resulting sickness causes suffering, and loss of opportunities to earn a living or gain an education. Though the Congress led UPA government started with 'Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan', present day Modi government continued...
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The Door Is Open is a compassionate, reflective, and informative memoir about three-and-a-half years spent volunteering at a skid row drop-in centre in Vancouver's downtown eastside. In an area most renowned for its shocking social ills, and the notorious distinction of holding the country's "very poorest forward sortation area of all 7,000 postal prefixes," Bart Campbell dismantles our hard-held notions about poverty, the disenfranchised, substance...
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This book charts the changing relationships between government, voluntary and community organisations in Northern Ireland since the Good Friday Agreement. It considers the role these actors have played in rolling out and normalising neoliberal discourses and policies. With lessons about the impact of neoliberal policies on governance, relationships and the peace process, this study explores how a core part of civil society has been shaped by both...
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We are in the midst of several crises: climate, personal respect, honor, and manners, but none are more important in this day and time than the gun violence. Sandy Hook, Las Vegas, Charlotte, Dayton-the list goes horribly on as despondent, confused, and misguided males are shooting anonymous, perfectly innocent citizens in the name of bizarre, illogical motivations.
Through this fog, my great friend, mentor, and past Rotary President Mrs. Tara Dacus...
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Called to Serve started out as a master's thesis of one of the authors, Raquel "Ira" Lucas. Written to inspire, this book shares the experiences of eleven Filipinos who dedicate their lives to helping others through volunteerism, charity, leadership, and innovation.