Volunteering in the Era of HIV & AIDS

The first indigenous Volunteer Management Workshop by GIVE from GIVE and for GIVE took place at Kafachan, Kaduna. Participants at the workshop include representatives from AIDS-service organizations, College of Medicine and School of Nursing.

Greater Involvement in Volunteering Effort (GIVE) Nigeria is the coalition of civil society group promoting volunteering in Nigeria.

The workshop was organized by Fantsuam Foundation with support from Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) Nigeria was facilitated by Mayowa Joel, Lagos State and Martin-Mary Falana, Ondo State.

The two-day highly participatory and educative workshop explores all the major components of Volunteering and Volunteer Management including:

+ Understanding Volunteering
+ Importance of and Reasons for Volunteering
+ Components of effective Volunteer Management System
+ Volunteer Policy
+ Volunteer Recruitment I – Volunteer Job Descriptions
+ Volunteer Recruitment II – Marketing your Volunteer Program
+ Volunteer Recruitment III – Volunteer Assessment
+ Volunteer Contract
+ Volunteer Orientation
+ Motivation, Retention and Recognition of Volunteers
+ Overseas Volunteering
+ Employee Volunteering

The participants’ knowledge and skill on volunteering and volunteer management were greatly enhanced as also promised to be fully committed to volunteering as individual and in their respective organizations and institutions.

At the end of the workshop, Prof. John Dada – the President of Fantsuam Foundation promised to consolidate the knowledge and ideas accumulated during the training to promote community empowerment and development.

With the success of this training, it is obvious that GIVE Nigeria has to come to stay and we can take volunteering to greater heights in our society.