Myths about Volunteering services and Projects

Volunteering services through various projects can serve the society through cultural immersion, a vast new social network, new skills, etc, to meet the challenges.

Volunteering services come with certain myths and this stop one to participate or get indulged in the services. If people are taking less interest in volunteer organizations and projects, then somewhere myth is also the reason behind it. Through, this article, we’ll come to know about some common myths which according to professional volunteering service providers bound individuals to move ahead in the same direction.

Check out the following points:

Working of volunteers

This is actually a myth that members can’t work alone. The fact is that they need to be trained, guided and supervised during initial period and after that they become capable enough to hold their responsibility efficiently. As far as working time is concerned, the amount of time spend by the members depends on the kind of project they handle.

Carrying security keys & maintenance

Working in a particular region, the members hold the responsibility of security keys efficiently. Just like paid staff, they take their task and responsibility seriously and thus keep the security keys properly. Comparing with paid staff, volunteers should be no more high maintenance. They need just extra support and guidance in the initial period.

Work is boring

Individuals also have a myth that the work of volunteers is boring. But, as per modern service providers’ reports, volunteers enjoy their work as they learn several things from their work on daily basis. Even, people who are looking forward for certain kind of business, indulge in the services to grab useful information, knowledge and skills. They meet with different people on daily basis and this helps them a lot in knowing more about their desired subject.

Volunteering programs are free

A range of volunteering programs is available with service providers and one can opt for the desired one. Service providers clear the myth that volunteers are not free, they are cost-effective. They work on their choice of topic to bring out some changes in the society and they do this by keeping in mind that the work chosen by them is not about earning their livelihood.
It’s a myth if anyone thinks that volunteering services are meant to earn, like in any business. And someone has rightly said that, “volunteers are not paid, because they are worthless, but because they are priceless”.

Apart from these, there are various other myths which are cleared by professional volunteering services so that one can come forward toward the services and achieve what they desire to do for subjects like community development, environment & wildlife, women’s & youth and much more.