International Volunteer Day Celebration - December 5

International Volunteer Day takes place on December 5th each year and is officially recognized by the United Nations as a day on which volunteers around the world are recognized and celebrated for their contributions and dedication.

Volunteer Day is the opportunity for connecting government bodies, UN Agencies, volunteer organization and volunteers to promote volunteering and positive aspects of this kind of unpaid work.

Researches in Serbia indicate that there are great needs for volunteering, and there is no legal framework for volunteer engagement and protection, there is no long-term structure for volunteer coordination, and that most often volunteers are actually youth and women.

Volunteering is not enough appreciated in Serbia, especially as a kind of work experience. People are not aware that volunteers are usually university educated persons, pensioners that are experts and people who can do a set of different jobs.

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U svetu se danas obeležava Međunarodni dan volontera.

Generalna skupština Ujedinjenih nacija je 1985. godine proglasila 5. decembar za Međunarodni dan volontera, kao podsećanje na dan kada je 1970. stvoren Program za volontere svetske organizacije.

Ujedinjene nacije definišu volonterizam kao dobrovoljan besplatan rad koji donosi jasnu dobrobit zajednici ili društvu uopšte. Ako neko, između ostalog, učestvuje u kampanji za davanje krvi, pomaže starima ili invalidima, ako podučava mlade koje su opasnosti od virusa HIV-a, a za svoj trud ne uzima novac, onda je on voloter.

"Kada uđete u grupu i kada sa njom radite edukaciju, kada vidite da je jedna grupa mladih ljudi nešto naučila, vaše srce je puno, znate da ste nekom pomogli i to je ono glavno", kaže Vojislav Arsić, koordinator organizacije Y-PEER. Iako se volonterski rad ne naplaćuje, u svetu se takvo delovanje boduje, što mnogim volonterima otvara mogućnost da lakše dođu do posla.

U Srbiji takvih propisa nema.