How do you define volunteering? (en anglais seulement)

Ce blogue est disponible en anglais seulement. Olumide Akerewusi is a lifelong volunteer. His volunteer involvement in his early days influenced his career path in fundraising and social impact. Mide is the founder and CEO of AgentsC, a social impact organization primarily interested in the idea of equity philanthropy. He helps social impact organizations optimize their fundraising and their ability to engage philanthropists and organizations to support their work. He is often called upon to advise on how to create more equitable forms of giving and his work is valuable in helping to strengthen and sustain the non-profit sector. Volunteer […]

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Importance du bénévolat et d’une infrastructure solide

Importance du bénévolat aujourd’hui et à l’avenir ?  Le bénévolat n’est pas une relique du passé à évoquer avec nostalgie, bien au contraire il est la première réponse à offrir à la désintégration sociale dans un monde de plus en plus individualiste. Depuis toujours, l’entraide et l’action bénévole sont une nécessité et pas un acte charitable. Le bénévolat contemporain reste un engagement volontaire à contribuer gratuitement à l’amélioration des conditions de vie des individus et des communautés. Au Canada, environ 24 millions[1] de personnes consacrent annuellement plus de cinq milliards d’heures à des œuvres bénévoles. Il est avéré que la […]

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Volunteers are essential to shaping communities (en anglais seulement)

Ce blogue est disponible en anglais seulement. I have been a proud volunteer since my teenage years as a high school student at St. Joseph’s Morrow Park in Toronto. Our teachers instilled in us the need to give back and the value of love and service. Ever since, that is how I have looked at volunteerism. Outside of work, I have taken on a range of volunteer roles from food preparation, distribution and serving on committees and the board of my church to marshalling at BLM marches to coordinating volunteers for the Kensington Market Jazz Festival. But it is in […]

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