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Volunteering as a means to social inclusion
from a Biblical perspective
Jac Franken - Edyn/Eurodiaconia , November 8th 2011
>Intro
>>Buzz groups: ‘my favorite volunteer in the bible
and his/her motives’
>>>Some biblical reflections
What is volunteering
What is social inclusion
As a means to… > Does it work?
From a biblical perspective
http://jocote.org/
“Obligatory volunteering”
Dr.H.Meeuws: Diaconie. Diss. okt.2011; publisher Narratio
Surface: social and personal benefits
> volunteering is useful and gives fun
> instrumental and functional
Deep structure: values
>volunteering is a duty and a virtue
>existential
Social inclusion:
- multidimensional well being- social, economic / financial, cultural - opportunities and resources- circumstances and contextuality- individual and group / people- layered process: micro - meso - macro- bonding – bridging – linking - being seen and respected: people talk to you- participation, having a job and a house- recognition and self esteem
How to invest in social inclusion:
-bonding (own group, family)
-bridging (other groups, neighbourhood)
-linking (organizations and institutions)
My favorite volunteer in the bible is ……?
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Characteristics:
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The impact of enduring systemic poverty, conflict, and climate change
‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
Liberia - 1984 Horn of Africa 2011
China 2011
The golden rule:
One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself
Diaconia:
the Christian service of care, presence, solidarity and resistence
for / with those in need
Diaconal volunteering:
an act of compassion and solidarity