An exploratory study of motives for foreign, young adult volunteers in South Africa.

This study was undertaken as an explorative, qualitative study to explore the motives for foreign volunteers to volunteer at an NGO in South Africa. Increasing numbers of young adults and adolescent school leavers from developed countries are choosing to take a sabbatical year to engage in volunteer...

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Main Author: Van Heyningen, Thea M.
Language:en
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1438
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Summary:This study was undertaken as an explorative, qualitative study to explore the motives for foreign volunteers to volunteer at an NGO in South Africa. Increasing numbers of young adults and adolescent school leavers from developed countries are choosing to take a sabbatical year to engage in volunteer work in foreign, often developing countries. In South Africa, much of this work takes place in the Non-governmental sector, around environmental and humanitarian issues including HIV and AIDS. The incentives underlying this behaviour are of interest to try to understand what motivates altruistic, pro-social behaviour. === Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2007.