KUWAIT: Voluntarywork is a collection of ethics, principles and values that encourage goodwillactivities that go beyond self-benefit to reach others, Chairman of the KuwaitSociety for Education Establishments Dr Faisal Al-Enezi said. Enezi wasspeaking during the opening of a conference and exhibition of voluntary work atJumeirah Hotel under the patronage of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancementof Sciences (KFAS).
He said theimportance of voluntary work comes out of a social and economic approach tocontribute to moving the individual forward. "Volunteering urges theadoption of initiatives that enable the individual to contribute and providethem with an activity to spend their spare time and benefit themselves and thesociety at the same time," he noted. He added that it is important toeducate both the individual and society on the importance of voluntary work andits positive effects.
"Voluntarywork has many features including having volunteers gaining field andadministrative experience and employing human energy to serve the societythrough forming work teams for self-development in various aspects that benefitthe volunteers and the society," Enezi added. He said voluntary work formsone of the society's development measures and reveals the extent of itsawareness and interaction with various issues, besides being a form ofpolitical participation between the individual and decision maker.
Enezi saidadvanced societies are more caring and celebrate voluntary work, which has nowbecome a basic resource for sustainable development and reflects the citizen'sawareness of its role in the advancement of their country. He said the aimbehind the conference is to project voluntary work and show what the Kuwaitisociety presents to civil society organizations, whether the public or privatesectors, which covers all contributions presented by voluntary teams under theadministration of the social affairs ministry, NGOs, societies and unions.
By AbdellatifSharaa