This manual is intended to help human services agencies to create home care volunteer programs. The manual is organized in nine sections. The first section provides initial information about volunteer programs that agencies should consider before starting a program. It is followed by two sections that provide an overview of the program's structure…

This book provides program descriptions and application procedures for 153 international internships and volunteer programs. Section 1 lists opportunities with 13 national and international government organizations and institutions, such as the Peace Corps and the World Bank. Section 2 lists 28 internships tied directly to a college…

This document contains the amended text of H.R. 4330, the National Service Act, a bill to establish school-based and higher education community service programs, to establish youth service programs, and to establish a model Good Samaritan food donation program, which was recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor. The document also…

This handbook, developed for training Peace Corps volunteers, reviews the basic principles that underlie sound grazing land management and indicates the application of these principles for livestock production in the tropics and subtropics. The handbook is made up of three technical series bulletins. The first bulletin covers management of…

This document reports the testimony and prepared statements of witnesses at two Congressional hearings on the issue of national service. Witnesses included representatives to Congress from Michigan, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Maryland, and California; directors of state voluntary agencies; chief administrators of colleges and universities; volunteers;…

Guidelines are presented for establishing, enhancing, and evaluating adult volunteer programs in school library resource centers, especially those in Vancouver, Canada. It is noted that in 1982 over 200 adults volunteered their time to work on a regular basis with teacher-librarians in Vancouver. Sections include: (1) a rationale for establishing…

The primary goal of a multi-purpose project was to utilize both Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA) and Laubach Literacy Action (LLA) in training volunteers to teach English to refugees. Catholic Social Services trained 163 volunteers who were placed in adult basic education (ABE) classes, small group instruction settings, and one-to-one tutoring…

This manual provides materials for a two-week inservice training program for Peace Corps volunteers on the planning, construction, and operation and maintenance of small-scale irrigation systems. The workshop is designed to be given by two experienced professionals: one with practical knowledge of irrigation system design, operation, and…

Philadelphia's Center for Literacy (CFL), in an effort to improve recruitment and retention of volunteers for programs in tutorial literacy and English as a Second Language (ESL), conducted the following activities under its 1980-81 Section 310 grant: (1) installed a telephone recording machine for after-hours calls; (2) produced an informative…

Objectives of the 3-year Volunteers in Rehabilitation Project (VIR) were to (1) document the scope and extent of volunteer participation within rehabilitation facilities, (2) prepare and test the effectiveness of handbooks designed to promote and improve volunteer programs, and (3) provide training experiences that could modify negative attitudes…

This guide for establishing a program to instruct adult refugees in English as a second language (ESL) emphasizes the organization of volunteers. The first step in setting up a volunteer program is information gathering, including the identification of needs, resources, students, and volunteers. Procedures are set forth for hiring, screening, and…

To determine the progress that adult students in Belfast, Ireland, were making under a literacy tutoring program, questionnaires were sent to all 160 tutors who were involved in the program. The questions dealt with the tutors' backgrounds, their deployment, their views on the organization of the program, and with tutoring processes and results.…

This volume is intended as a supplement to Nepali language instruction. It contains songs, numerals, dialogues in Devanagari script, a Nepali-English, English-Nepali glossary, and an English-Nepali surveyor technical glossary. (AM)

This handbook outlines a logical path of activity for utilizing volunteers in schools. The planning phase determines the type and amount of work that could be accomplished by volunteers. The preparation phase involves the processes, procedures, and materials necessary before working with volunteers. The implementation phase discusses volunteer…

This handbook outlines the procedures and methods for implementing volunteer programs in individual school buildings. Guidelines are offered for planning, preparation, and implementation phases. (Author/MLF)