Contributions of community initiatives to developing youth volunteering skills to face the Corona crisis

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Social group work, high institute of social work, port said

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Voluntary community initiatives are among the factors indicative of the development of societies and are considered a basic pillar for building society and a sign of the cohesion of its members and institutions and a sign of its renaissance and the culture of its people. Therefore, humanity was in need of social solidarity in normal circumstances. What happened with the Corona crisis, if governments find that they are unable to meet the needs of society on the one hand and confront the outbreak on the other hand, so civil society in all its different categories, especially the youth group, must stand by governments through community initiatives of various forms. Therefore, the study aimed to: 1- Identifying images of youth participation in community initiatives, 2- Determining the extent to which community initiatives contribute to the development of volunteering skills among young people to confront Corona, 3- Determining the mechanisms used to activate volunteer work in community initiatives to confront the Corona crisis.4- Determining the obstacles facing young volunteers in community initiatives to confront the Corona crisis. 5- Identifying proposals that increase the participation of volunteer youth in community initiatives to confront the Corona crisis. The researcher Ali relied on the theory of permanent and direct contact with the youth participating in community initiatives and getting to know their opinions, ideas and point of view on the services provided by these initiatives

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