Student Volunteering – contemporary challenges

Abstract

In recent years, one can see the growth of interest in voluntary activity. It is connected on the one hand with the activities of assistance, thus fulfilling tasks for the benefit of people who need support, and on the other hand is associated with building and developing an informed and active society. Volunteering is present in many areas of social life. In terms of social welfare such activities focus on an individual, they teach, therefore, respect for people and paying attention to the weak. Volunteering helps understand others, forms a willingness to take action, take responsibility, it teaches looking for solutions in various situations of everyday life. Given the specific nature of volunteering and growing interest in volunteering by young people, the author of the article investigates the involvement of students in volunteer work for other people.