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Retainment of volunteers in African communities with specific reference to the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA)

Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2013.

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Other Authors: Lombard, A. (Antoinette)
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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/29787 Retainment of volunteers in African communities with specific reference to the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) Lombard, A. (Antoinette) upetd@up.ac.za Modise, Venda Mmasina Evaluation Supervision Volunteer Cancer Retainment Cancer association of south africa Recruitment Orientation Training Recognition Rewards UCTD Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. The significance of volunteerism is marked by the declaration of the year 2001 as an International Year of the Volunteers. The purpose of the declaration is to facilitate, network, promote, and recognize volunteers and their efforts. The recognition of volunteers in social welfare services is also proposed in the White Paper for Social Welfare (1997:5) as a new approach. The White Paper highlights that volunteers are a significant human resource, which is being utilized by welfare organizations and development programmes. This study was an exploration of the motivational factors for the retainment of volunteers for CANS A in African communities. The focus of the study was on current volunteers for CANS A in the African communities of Mamelodi, Atteridgeville and Soshanguve. In 1995, the Pretoria branch of the Cancer Association appointed three social workers to extend its services to the referenced African communities. The social workers recruited volunteers to assist in service rendering, however, whilst it was easy to recruit the volunteers, it was not easy to retain them. The assumption for the study therefore was that CANS A would be able to retain volunteers, if the reasons and motivational factors for the retainment of volunteers can be realized. From the research findings, it became clear that in order to retain volunteers, there are processes and factors that need to be taken into account before and after the recruitment. Conclusions drawn from the study is that a solid foundation is necessary in order to retain the volunteers recruited. It is the researcher's view that a successful volunteer programme will emerge within the organization if the volunteers are recruited properly and for a specific purpose. In this way it will be easier to render an effective and efficient services to the volunteers recruited, thus enhancing their stay within the organization. Social Work and Criminology unrestricted 2013-09-07T16:37:47Z 2013-01-09 2013-09-07T16:37:47Z 2001-09-07 2013-01-09 2012-11-24 Dissertation Modise, MV 2001, Retainment of volunteers in African communities with specific reference to the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA), MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29787 > E12/9/355/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29787 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11242012-162421/ © 2001 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria
spellingShingle Evaluation
Supervision
Volunteer
Cancer
Retainment
Cancer association of south africa
Recruitment
Orientation
Training
Recognition
Rewards
UCTD
Retainment of volunteers in African communities with specific reference to the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA)
title Retainment of volunteers in African communities with specific reference to the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA)
title_full Retainment of volunteers in African communities with specific reference to the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA)
title_fullStr Retainment of volunteers in African communities with specific reference to the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA)
title_full_unstemmed Retainment of volunteers in African communities with specific reference to the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA)
title_short Retainment of volunteers in African communities with specific reference to the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA)
title_sort retainment of volunteers in african communities with specific reference to the cancer association of south africa cansa
topic Evaluation
Supervision
Volunteer
Cancer
Retainment
Cancer association of south africa
Recruitment
Orientation
Training
Recognition
Rewards
UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29787
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11242012-162421/