measuring volunteering in a jesuit university in the philippines

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To Be Men and Women For Others: Measuring

Volunteering in a Jesuit University

in the Philippines

Menandro S. AbanesAteneo de Naga University

Naga City, The Philippines2007

*With assistance from Mimilanie Oliver-Orbon, Mgee Tardecilla-Espiritu, and Eden Verdejo.


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CHAPTER 1

Introduction

To be men and women for others, this Ignatian motto is ingrained in students,

staff and faculty members of any Jesuit universities in the world. One way to findexpression of this motto is through volunteering. After three decades since Pedro

Arrupe, SJ, coined this Ignatian motto, how is one Jesuit university in the Philippinesliving up to the motto through volunteering?

The Ateneo de Naga University as a modern university serves in four functions;instruction, research, extension and public service, and preservation and transmission ofculture. The four are expected to flow from and contribute to each other (Javier 1995).Thus far in Ateneo de Naga University, various councils and committees were institutedto put premium on the first two traditional functions, instruction and research.Consequently as in other universities, among the four, the third function -extension andpublic service as well as the fourth one, are sparingly given the same regard asinstruction and research.

To give weight to the extension and public service function which is said to breedand foster volunteering, the University's CORPLAN 2010 has articulated its formationpolicy on the students through the Profile of the Graduate, and on the administrators,faculty and staff members, whether lay or religious, through the Profile of thePedagogue. Both Profiles call for active participation in the life of society and bothacknowledge that the excellent methodology for learning is on the acquiredknowledge that leads to action.

In the 1998 Philippine Accrediting Association of School, Colleges, andUniversities (PAASCU) report, one of the recommendations was to have a greaterinvolvement of the various sectors of the college community (administration, faculty,staff, alumni) for a meaningful extension programs. It was noted also in the samereport that the kind of involvement in the community of the college was limited in theform of participation in seminars, conferences and trainings, and membership andleadership in organizations at the local, national and international level.

However, even before the operation of CORPLAN 2010 in August 2000, there hadbeen activities, events, projects and programs initiated and implemented by students,

faculty and staff members and administrators that asked for their time, talent, andresources. In other words, volunteering is not new in the life of the University. Throughthe years, they willingly and freely have engaged in services and actions that manifestcare and concern for others especially that the University has made a stand againstpoverty in the Bicol region.

In the book Development Powered by Volunteers, the Philippine National


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Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) has documented how volunteersmade a difference in the lives of people and communities (PNVSCA, 2000). But theseactions might not be identified as part of the University effort to alleviate poverty.Whatever reasons they had when they volunteered form part of the objectives of thissurvey. Overall, it is an attempt of this survey to know the most participated types of

activities and distribution of volunteering among faculty and staff members andstudents in the University since CORPLAN 2010.

Objectives

The survey investigated the types of activities and distribution of volunteering inthe Ateneo de Naga University through the different and specific activities identified andconsidered as community extension services in which students, faculty and staffmembers participated. It also identified the reasons and motivations for volunteeringand for not volunteering as well.

Specifically, the survey would find out the following:

1) The type of activities that are most and least participated in by faculty and staffmembers and students, the organizer or sponsor of those activities, and theduration or length of time the volunteers spent on those activities

2) The major reasons and motivations for volunteering and not volunteering

Significance of the Study

The study would be useful to the University as a whole for many reasons; it would

a.) track trend in the kinds, ways, means and practices of volunteeringin/out the campus,

b.) provide data that will help in policy formulation for communityextension function of the University that will create the conditions forvolunteerism to thrive,

c.) encourage students, administrators, faculty and staff members toengage in voluntary services,d.) provide information about volunteering in the campus for itspromotion and coordination,e.) appreciate those who have already been rendering voluntaryactions/services,

f.) serve to evaluate and strengthen the existing programs andprojects of the students organizations, department, collegesand clubs for community extension services,g.) identify reasons and motivations for volunteering as well as for not

volunteering.


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Scope and Delimitation of the study

With all the nuances and possible forms of volunteering, this survey tries asmuch as possible to enumerate activities that embody the spirit of volunteerism.

Activities should meet the three (3) criteria given by International Year of Volunteers2001 (IYV) Measuring volunteering toolkit, namely; 1) It is not undertaken essentiallyfor financial gain, 2) It is rendered of one's free will, 3) It bears benefits to a third partyand the volunteer her/himself. Any activities that are mandated or required by the job,department, office, curriculum, and any activities that make one receive remunerationor compensation, are not considered as volunteering. To be covered by the survey,activities should have been done since August 2000, the time the ADNU Board oftrustees had approved CORPLAN 2010, until 2003. More so, this survey would identifythe reasons and motivations for volunteering as well as for not volunteering. Yet thesurvey would not look into the rewards and benefits people get out of volunteering. It isalso beyond this survey to find out the effects of volunteering to the participants andcommunities they intended to serve.

Review of Literature

Drawing from the 1998 Social Weather Station (SWS) national survey on topicssuch as religiosity, religious beliefs, moral standards, religion as an institution, andsocial concerns, Abad (2001) cited an item, volunteer work, under the topic socialconcerns. The table below presents the results of that survey on volunteer work.

Table 1. National Data on Volunteering in Various Activities

Question: During the last 12 months, did you do volunteer work in any of the following areas?

NO (%) YES (%)

Type of Activities 1 2 times 3 5 times 6 or more Total

Political activities 76 16 3 5 24

Charitable activities 43 27 11 19 57

Church-related activities 59 21 7 13 41

Any other kind of activities 89 6 2 3 11

The table shows that more than half (57%) of the 1,200 respondents nationwidehave engaged in charitable activities such as helping the sick, giving relief goods, etc.,

followed by church-related activities with 41%, political activities with 24%, and lastly,only 11% have volunteered in any kind of activities other than the three activitiesstated here. Likewise, the table shows that the greater majority of the respondentshave not rendered volunteer work in the given activities except for charitable activities.

The faculty and staff members of Ateneo de Naga University are encouraged toparticipate in worthy civic, educational, religious or charitable activities. Those faculty


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and staff members who undertake community extension services in line with itsspecialized field or interest as part of the University's mission to contribute to thedevelopment of Bicol through direct and indirect assistance to communities will earnmerit points in the performance evaluation system.

A number of studies have identified qualities of an effective teacher in Ateneo deNaga College and none has mentioned about attending or participating in extensionactivities as a quality of an effective teacher (Abanes 1996; Abergos and Geronimo1999; Chancoco and Yu 2005). William Data (2003), in his graduate thesis TeachersPerformance and Students' Achievement, mentioned about cooperating in all schoolactivities as a personality trait of an effective teacher. It is not clear though what typeof school activities. But it can be implied that among the school activities are those thathave volunteering aspect.

In her graduate thesis Performance Evaluation of Ateneo de Naga, Debbie Abiog- Adriano (1996) included in the interpersonal relations of non-teaching staff an itemwhich indicates readiness to help, but it is limited to co-workers.

Correo (2001) evaluated the Teacher Education Program of Ateneo de NagaUniversity for her graduate thesis. She found out that the college conducts literacy andnumeracy classes in some selected barangays in the city and neighboring municipalitiesof the province in coordination with the Community Outreach Program (COP) of theCenter for Community Development (CCD). COP is the institutionalized program of theUniversity that facilitates volunteering by organizing and providing the students, facultyand staff members activities which foster, inculcate and enliven the spirit ofvolunteerism in them. For the Ateneo college students, Saavedra (1992) looked at the

implication of Ateneo education to the level of their consciousness. She discovered thatthe students possess a consciousness which shows to be in the direction of one of the

Ateneo's mission to form men and women for others. This mission is directedtowards actions for others which could be expressed in volunteering.

The students, through the Supreme Student Government and their organizations,also engage in activities that necessitate voluntary service. The University Policy andProgram for the formation of the atenean through student organizations sees studentsorganizations as instruments for engaging the world. The policy sets the criteria foraccreditation of students organizations in the school. One of which is to have at leastone project or activity in a year that responds to the needs of basic sector groups or

local communities. Graduating students who have done volunteer works are givenweight in the selection of graduation awardees (personal communication with Bu

Almoneda, 2006).

In Abads (2001) study, there were four general categories for volunteer work,namely, political, charitable, church-related activities, and any other kind of activities.This survey enumerates 22 specific activities and is open to other activities not included


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in the list. These activities cover a wide range of categories, such as politics andadvocacy, social services, education and research, housing, philanthropy, and cultureand recreation. Similar with Abads study, volunteering in this survey is measuredthrough the number of instances of volunteer work although there is an additionalmeasurement used which is the accumulated number of hours spent for an activity.

Looking at the motivations of people volunteering, Vidal (cited in Aguiling-Dalisayet. al 2004, 41) identified the possible motivations of Filipino volunteers. These were

the personal need for independence and the need to develop ones own capabilitiesand potentials; the importance given to the kapwa (shared identity) to whom theservice is for; the desire to fight for the welfare of the country; the ability to understandthe problems of the world; and the freedom to create ambitions and dreams and createalternative ways to achieve them.

In various Ugnayang Pahinungods narratives of volunteers experiences,Aguiling-Dalisay et. al (2004, 41-43) noted that for mostpahinungods, volunteering is acommitment to serve the kapwaand bayan(country) especially the poor. There weresome who volunteered because they wanted to have a new experience, opportunity totravel, and an outlet for adventure, curiosity, excitement, and even glamour. Therewere volunteers who were influenced by their teachers, friends, family, education,religion, or were inspired by the stories of other volunteers. In fact, they identified 13factors in their Ginabayang Talakayan or facilitated discussion that takes intoconsideration the equal status of researcher and data source for volunteering. Thesefactors were the need for satisfaction, achievement and personal meaningfulness; theneed for social interaction; the need for adventure; the need for self-improvement; theneed for recognition; well-being; having available time; referral of peers and friends

already involved in volunteer service, and support from peers and friends not involunteer service; referral of family members already in volunteer service and supportfor volunteer service from family members; inspiration derived from a testimony of avolunteer; positive experience from involvement in a related activity or program;negative experiences or circumstances that moved the person to strive for change; andknowledge of organizations mission through formal invitation to join or directrecruitment by organization, or through the media (ibid 2004, 53).

Opiniano (2000), in his survey for volunteering in the University of Santo Tomas,identified the top ten reasons why people volunteer. The runaway top reason is to helpothers. Second was to do fulfilling work. Third was for religious reasons. Tied for fourth

were to meet new friends and personal liking. Sixth reason was due to influence orinvitation of others. Seventh was to gain experience. Tied for eight were to be sociallyaware and to have fun. The last reason was due to the need for ones services.

However, Aguiling-Dalisay et. al (2004, 44) found out that having a busy jobseems to be the major reasons why people are not volunteering.


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In summary, the review of related literature has presented previous studiesrelated to volunteering in Ateneo de Naga University. Every year the merit committeesfor the faculty and staff members collate the extension work which includes volunteerwork. The Office of Student Affairs re-accredit or recognize student organizationshaving done or having a planned list of activities which entail volunteer work for

members and aspiring members. These documentation and collation of volunteer worksare done on individuals or organizations and not as a group of faculty and staffmembers or studentry. This survey tries to grasp the volunteering ways of thesehomogeneous groups; faculty and staff members and students by year level.

Definition of Terms

1.Volunteering is defined as an act of entering into or offering oneself for any service

of one's free will without solicitation or compulsion (Webster 3rd New International

Dictionary). To be considered volunteering, an act should meet the three criteriagiven by International Year of Volunteers 2001 (IYV) Measuring Volunteering Toolkit,namely; 1) It is not undertaken essentially for financial gain, 2) It is rendered ofone's free will, and 3) It bears benefits to a third party and the volunteer her/himself.

2. CORPLAN 2010 is a body of documents approved by the ADNU's Board of Trusteeslast August 19, 2000 that sets the vision, mission, and direction of the University forthe next ten years.

3. Profile of the Graduate is the inventory of the characteristics of an ADNU graduate.4. Profile of the Pedagogue is the descriptors of ADNU's administrators, faculty and staff

members.

Conceptual Framework

Volunteerism or, its close counterpart in Tagalog, bayanihan is a trait notpeculiar to Filipino culture. Jocano (cited in Aguiling-Dalisay et. al 2004, 33) relatedbayanihan to cooperative endeavor of like brothers and sisters in a give and takecycle. It is like a mutual assistance among equals. For Ofiana (cited in Aguiling-Dalisayet. al 2004, 34), bayanihan is a different assistance for it connotes heroism (from theword bayani meaning hero) regardless of existing social ranking and structures,leadership roles, and authority relationships.

De Leon (1996) traced the roots of bayanihan in agricultural communities wherea symbolic nipa hut is being relocated to a certain place by the locals withoutcompensation and compulsion. Bayanihan permeates in various agricultural activities,such as, transplanting and harvesting. Neighbors and relatives come to help withoutcompensation and compulsion. It is understood that when the time comes they need totransplant and harvest, they will be helped too in the same manner they did to others.In urban areas, this bayanihan spirit is also alive. In times of fire, buckets of water are


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passed by people lining up from the source of water to the nearest house on fire.

Today, volunteerism could be found in various sectors; in private sector,corporate social responsibility promotes volunteerism among its workers, thegovernment sector has PNVSCA under the National Economic Development Authority

(NEDA) to coordinate the volunteering efforts and services of foreign volunteers as wellas local volunteers since the government has already recognized the role ofvolunteerism in nation-building and development. In schools, there are institutionalvolunteer programs that promote, facilitate and manage volunteering of students,faculty and staff members, and alumni. The Ateneo-based Jesuit Volunteers Philippines(JVP), Ugnayang Pahinungod of UP, Years of Service (YOS) of Xavier University andMiriam Volunteer Mission and Gurong Lingkod of Miriam College are just few of theexamples of school-based volunteer programs.

Volunteerism, in the different Ateneos which follow a Jesuit education tradition,is grounded on the concept and practice of being men and women for others. TheCharacteristics of Jesuit Education (CJE) document released in 1987 by theInternational Commission on the Apostolate of Jesuit Education states on itscharacteristics number 5 - Jesuit education seeks to form men and women for othersand manifests a particular concern for the poor, and number 6 Jesuit education

prepares students for active participation in the church and the local community, forthe service of others. The CJE was relayed, explained, and illustrated throughexperiential sharing of senior employees of the University to other faculty and staffmembers who wished to refresh and understand more about and be introduced toJesuit education in a seminar organized by the University. In 2001, there was a CJEseminar for both faculty and staff members. Moreover, the mission of Ateneo de Naga

University as a Catholic university is committed to the service of the faith thatpromotes justice. This mission is further elaborated in the CORPLAN 2010 declaring theUniversity to be in the world through its instruction, research, and outreach programs,particularly those programs and activities that are developmental, liberational, andtransformational relative to concrete situations of poverty.

As a concept, volunteerism is differentiated from the practice of volunteering.Volunteering is the act of practicing being men and women for others. It is an actionand expression of the concept of volunteerism. Thus, for those in Ateneo de NagaUniversity, as stipulated in CJE, CORPLAN 2010, and University mission, volunteering islikely to be normative.

One of those organizations that provides opportunities for volunteering, theJesuit Volunteers Philippines (JVP) Foundation, Inc., a volunteer organization whichrecruits prospective volunteers from all Ateneos and other schools in the countryincluding Ateneo de Naga, reported that there was an unexpected decline of thenumber of volunteers. From 1980s to mid-90s, there used to be an average of 45volunteers each year. Then between 1996 2000, the number went down to an


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average of 35 volunteers. In 2001 2003, it further declined to 26 volunteers on theaverage per year. On the maiden issue of JVP's newsletter, Trip, an article by MarkLopez cited three possible reasons based on the findings of the Youth Study of 2001 forthis decline in the number of volunteers; namely, communication matters, finding otheravenues for service, and the youth profile. In that study, the youth profile describes the

youth as having low awareness and apathy towards cultural values and nationalaffairs. This seeming apathy of the youth leads this survey to ask, are ateneans anydifferent from the youth today? How do students practice their formation of being menand women for others? Is volunteering alive in Ateneo de Naga University?


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CHAPTER 2

Methodology

This chapter describes the research design and sampling, survey instrument, and

data collection and analysis procedures.

Research design and sampling. The research design is a descriptive study which uses aself-administered survey-questionnaire. This survey-questionnaire was given to all 213faculty members in August 2003 based on the list of faculty members with teachingload on that particular month. Faculty members were classified into fulltime and part-time faculty.

Staff members are classified as either academic or non-academic staff. Academicstaff members are those who have academic functions directly supportive of teaching,such as guidance counselors, researchers, registrars, campus ministers, librarians, etc.,while the rest are considered non-academic staff. In 2003, there were 164 staffmembers who were all given copies of the survey through their offices.

For the college students, stratified random sampling by year level was used.There were 5,609 students officially enrolled in the 1st semester of school year 2003-04.Sample size of the students was derived using the formula found in Data Gathering bySocial Survey by Frank Lynch, S.J. et. al. in Philippine Social Survey Series No. 2.

NZ2 x p(1-p)n = ---------------------------

Nd2

+ Z2

x p(1-p)Where:

n = sample sizeN = populationZ = the value of the normal variable (1.96) for a reliability level of 0.95P = the largest possible proportion (0.5)d = sampling error (0.05)

Using the formula, the n for the students is 359.54 or 360 with a sampling errorof 0.05. Our student-respondents (678) for this survey are more than the computed nwhich is 360.

Instrument. The pre-tested survey-questionnaire is the modified version of the sampleinventory of volunteering activities by the International Year of Volunteers 2001 (IYV)Measuring Volunteering Toolkit. It was modified to consider the context of situation,conditions, and circumstances of the research site which is Ateneo de Naga Universityin Bicol region. On it were 22 specific activities that a faculty or staff member or studenthad performed as volunteer work. The questionnaire also wanted to know whether the


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sponsor or organizer of the activity was a parish or civic organization or school or theactivity was a personal undertaking of the respondent. To determine the duration ofvolunteering, it asked the accumulated number of hours spent for that activity. Thenpossible reasons and motivations for volunteering and not volunteering were listedtowards the end of the survey.

It also includes the respondent's course, year and organization, if a student; if afaculty member, his/her department and classification either as part-time or fulltime; ifa staff member, whether academic or non-academic. Classifications of the faculty andstaff members are based on the staff and faculty manuals. Due to a large number ofrespondents, the survey-questionnaire is the basic tool for gathering data.

Data collection procedure. There were three research assistants (RAs) that facilitatedthe conduct of the survey. They divided the work based on the kind of respondents.One RA handled the faculty while another RA focused on the staff members. Since thebulk of the respondents were students, the three RAs helped in the data-gathering bytaking different year levels.

The survey-questionnaires with a cover letter were distributed to all facultymembers through their respective departments. The RA assigned to faculty was thenworking with the Academic Vice President's office which had a list of faculty withteaching load. From the list, she got the names, classification of faculty memberswhether fulltime or part-time, and the college where a certain faculty belonged.Collection of the accomplished questionnaires was done by going to variousdepartments. Some teachers personally returned the accomplished questionnaires tothe RA assigned to faculty while a few as expected had to be reminded about the

questionnaires.

The staff members were cooperative in completing the survey-questionnaires.Through their respective offices, the questionnaires were distributed to all staffmembers. The assigned RA who happened to be a staff member as the other two RAsdid the rounds and collection of accomplished questionnaires. A number of staffmembers voluntarily turned over the completed questionnaires.

For the students, the registrar provided the total population of students enrolledin the 1st semester of S/Y 2003-04. From there, at least 100 samples for each yearlevel except 5th year which comprised a small chunk of population were targeted. The 3

RAs strategized to get the target samples for students. They identified subjects whichwere taken by students approximately of the same year level. These subjects were theNational Service Training Program (NSTP) for first year, Philosophy and Theology,Physical Education, and other major subjects which could predict the year level ofstudents enrolled in those subjects. On the side though, they also considered thedistribution of sampled students according to colleges by their block's number. Thenthey selected sampled classes whose teachers were either their friends or


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acquaintances.

Data analysis procedure. The unit of analysis of this survey is the aggregates or groupsof part-time and fulltime faculty members; the academic and non-academic staffmembers; and the students per year level. To analyze data, simple frequency ranking of

the activities and frequency count for both the sponsor and organizer of such activitiesand duration of participation. An averaging method would be used to get whatparticular activity had the highest level of participation based on the number of yesresponses and hours spent on activities. For the reason/s or motivation/s both forvolunteering and not volunteering, frequency ranking and percentage would also beused.


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CHAPTER 3Results and Discussion

This chapter presents the survey results of the population, samples and

percentages of the nine (9) respondent-groups, namely, fulltime and part-time facultymembers, academic and non-academic staff members, and first year to fifth yearstudents. It also discusses the main results in tabular forms of the survey relative to theresearch objectives; namely, to find out the types of activities that are most participatedin by fulltime and part-time faculty members, academic and non-academic staffmembers, and students per year level, and their major reasons and motivations forvolunteering and not volunteering.

Seventy-eight (78) or 37% of 213 faculty members completed the survey. Out of143 fulltime faculty members, only 64 or 44.76% responded while 14 or 20% of the 70

part-time faculty members accomplished the survey.

The staff members registered the highest participation rate in the survey. Therewere 164 staff members in 2003. Out of which, 113 or 91.13% accomplished thesurvey-questionnaire. Academic staff members had a 97.5% retrieval rate or just onestaff member who missed to return the survey-questionnaire while non-academic staffmembers posted a 59.68% retrieval rate. Of the 124 non-academic staff members, 74completed the survey-questionnaire.

The distribution of samples for the students from first to fourth years was morethan the 100 sample-target for every year level. The respondents for first year were

168 or 12.10% of the 1,388 first year population. Second year had 127 or 10.33% of all1,230 second year students. The highest number in terms of the percentage against thepopulation was by third year with 157 out of 1,107 or 14.18%, while the highest interms of the number of samples was the fourth year with 192 or 11.08% of the 1,733fourth year students. There were 34 respondents for the fifth year out of its 151population. All in all, the survey covered 678 or 12.09% students of the 5,609 collegestudent population.


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Table 2. Population, Samples and Percentages of All Respondents

Faculty Population Samples Percentage %

Fulltime 143 64 44.76

Part-time 70 14 20

TOTAL 213 78 36.62Staff

Academic 40 39 97.5

Non-academic 124 74 59.68

TOTAL 164 113 91.13

Students

1st

year 1,388 168 12.10

2nd

year 1,230 127 10.33

3rd

year 1,107 157 14.18

4th

year 1,733 192 11.08

5th

year 151 34 22.52

TOTAL 5,609 678 12.09

Faculty members

Fulltime. Of the 22 activities, helping provide assistance or basic necessities such asgoods, clothes, and food to people with disabilities, or who are elderly, destitute, ill,homeless or orphaned got the highest number of volunteers among fulltime facultymembers with 54 out of 64 possible volunteers (refer to Table 3). This activity wasmostly organized by school, although others did it on their own undertaking. Majority of

them spent 4-11 hours on this activity.

Giving trainings for a certain group of people to acquire skills and knowledge forfree was the second highest with 47 faculty members saying they participated in thisactivity. It was the school that usually organized such activity. Faculty members whogave trainings usually spent 12 hours or more on this activity.


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TABLE 3. Participation on and Duration of the Activities and their Organizer by the Full Time Faculty Members

ACTIVITY YES

Percentage

RANKING

Organizer/Sponsor Duration

Parish

CivicOrg.

School

Personal

Others

12hrs/

more

4-1

1hours

3hrs/less

Politics and Advocacy

1 Have you participated in a public d emonstration, rally, vigil or march for a cause? 45 70.3% 3 12 11 34 6 4 16 11 19

2Have you helped resolve a d ispute or conflict between members of any groups orcommunities? 27 42.2% 14 2 4 11 16 5 9 7 8

3Have you helped in the conduct of an election through NAMFREL, PPCRV, andother volunteer groups? 37 57.8% 5 9 7 15 7 4 21 4 1

4Have you participated in any political action such as gathering of signatures,political education, information dissemination,etc.? 37 57.8% 5 8 7 21 12 1 13 12 11

5Have you helped a certain candidate or political party to get elected without afee? 29 45.3% 12 5 5 2 13 1 8 4 3

6Have you helped organize a group of people such as workers, youth, students,professionals to advance their rights? 22 34.4% 16 2 4 10 6 0 11 7 4

7Have you campaigned against threats to the environment through exhibits,information dissemination,..? 29 45.3% 12 1 10 15 12 0 10 8 9

Social Services

8Have you helped save or provide comfort and assistance to victims of a

natural/man-made disaster such as flood Mayon eruption, fire, etc.? 44 68.8% 4 10 10 22 13 2 8 11 27

9 Have you helped in first aid operations? 14 21.9% 20 0 7 2 20 0 7 14 6

10Have you helped provide services such as counseling, prevention or correction ofdelinquency, rehabilitation, emotional support to children and youth t hroughreferrral or direct service?

35 54.7% 8 5 3 22 19 1 12 15 8

11Have you organized an event that will help people such as medical andeducational missions, or proceeds of benefit concert, raffle, contests..? 32 50.0% 9 9 10 17 13 4 10 13 7

Education and Research

12Have you given any training for a certain group of people to acquire skills andknowledge for free? 47 73.4% 2 8 10 23 17 2 17 15 6

13 Have you done tutorials for f ree? 36 56.3% 7 2 2 24 9 1 13 15 10

14Have you observed situations, visited places, or interviewed people to gatherinformation for research? 32 50.0% 9 1 4 20 13 2 12 10 2

15 Have you helped organize a public event aimed at popularizing knowledge orskills through lectures, conferences, workshops, seminars..?31 48.4% 11 4 9 24 5 3 18 5 4

Philanthropy

16Have you helped provide assistance (toys for children) or basic necessities suchas good, clothing to people with disabilities, who are elderly, destitute,ill,homeless, orphaned? 54 84.4% 1 8 11 28 19 2 7 19 15

17 Have you donated blood or other biological organs?10 15.6% 22 3 3 1 7 0 4 0 5

Cultural and Recreation

18Have you helped plan, set up, advertise, manage, provide technical assistance ata cultural event for public entertainment such as concert, play, poetry reading,exhibits..? 23 35.9% 15 4 6 16 3 0 5 7 3

19Have you acted, performed, sung, danced, or displayed your work of art for publicentertainment and proceeds of which is for a noble cause?

13 20.3% 21 2 5 8 3 1 3 3 4

20Have you helped plan, set up, advertise, manage, provide technical assistance atsporting or recreational event for public entertainmet such as basketball, chess,billiards, show fair..?

22 34.4% 16 2 4 11 4 1 11 7 2

21Have you taken part as a player, coach or a participant in any of the recreationalevents of which the purpose is to serve a public cause?

22 34.4% 16 1 3 16 4 1 13 3 3

Housing and Others

22Have you helped build structures/infrastructures designed to house or help peoplein their daily lives?

19 29.7% 19 2 4 9 7 3 7 10 1

23 Other activitites you have done 2 3.1% 23 2 1 3 3 1 2 1 0

TOTAL n=64 102 140 354 231 39 237 201 158


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Closely in third and fourth-ranked activities with the most number of volunteerswere participating in public demonstration, rally, vigil or march for a cause and helpingsave or provide comfort and assistance to victims of natural/man-made disasters such

as flood, Mayon eruption, etc. Both activities were mostly initiated by school. Volunteersperformed these activities for 3 hours or less.

As employees of a school, the fulltime faculty members had 18 out of 22activities with school as their organizer or sponsor of those activities. Notably, fouractivities, namely, helping in the first aid operations, helping resolve dispute or conflict,helping candidates or political parties to get elected, and donating blood or biologicalorgans, were mostly conducted as personal undertaking by the fulltime facultymembers.

Eleven activities required 12 hours or more from the faculty members.

Particularly, helping in the conduct of election through Namfrel (National Movement forFree Election), PPCRV (Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting) and others,helping organize events such as medical missions or concerts, raffles, and contests fromwhich proceeds will help people, helping organize a public event aimed at popularizingknowledge or skills through lectures, conferences, workshops, and seminars, andparticipating in any recreational events of which purpose is to serve a public cause, tookthe volunteers 12 hours or more to do. Other activities such as helping in first aidoperations, helping provide assistance or basic necessities to people with disabilities orwho are elderly, destitute, ill, homeless, and orphaned, helping build structures

/infrastructures designed to house or help people in their daily lives, helping provide

services such as counseling, prevention or correction of delinquency, rehabilitation, andemotional support to children and youth through referral or direct service, and doingtutorials for free, needed 4 11 hours from the fulltime faculty members. It took threehours or less from the faculty members when they participated in a publicdemonstration, rally, vigil or march for a cause, helped save or provide comfort andassistance to victims of natural/man-made disasters, donated blood, and when theyacted, performed, sang, danced or displayed their work of art for public entertainmentand proceeds of which is for a noble cause.

Surprisingly, the top reason or motivation of the fulltime faculty members forvolunteering in the activities is to have fun with 41 responses (refer to Table 4). The

rigors of classroom teaching and other demanding works as a teacher possibly incitedthem to volunteer as a way of having fun while having a break in their teaching job.Coming in second with 35 is to help bring about social change. The need to have anachievement or fulfillment is the third reason or motivation why faculty membersvolunteered.


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TABLE 4TABLE 4TABLE 4TABLE 4. Reasons or Mo. Reasons or Mo. Reasons or Mo. Reasons or Motivations fortivations fortivations fortivations for VVVVolunteering and notolunteering and notolunteering and notolunteering and not VVVVolunteeringolunteeringolunteeringolunteering

of Fulltime Faculty Membersof Fulltime Faculty Membersof Fulltime Faculty Membersof Fulltime Faculty Members

REASONREASONREASONREASON or MOTIVATION FOR VOLUNTEERINGor MOTIVATION FOR VOLUNTEERINGor MOTIVATION FOR VOLUNTEERINGor MOTIVATION FOR VOLUNTEERING FREQUENCYFREQUENCYFREQUENCYFREQUENCY %%%% RANKRANKRANKRANK

1 to have fun 41 64.06 1

2 to have an achievement or fullfillment 33 51.56 3

3 to learn new skills 24 37.50 7

4 to affirm my belief in the cause 30 46.88 4

5 to give something back 23 35.94 8

6 to help bring about social change 35 54.69 2

7 to establish support, bonding, friendship with others 25 39.06 6

8 to avail of free food and rersources such as t-shirts 6 9.38 10

9 to be recognized by others 12 18.75 9

10 to gain personal growth & enhance self-esteem 26 40.63 5

11 others 2 3.13 11

TOTALTOTALTOTALTOTAL n=64n=64n=64n=64

REASON or MOTIVATIONREASON or MOTIVATIONREASON or MOTIVATIONREASON or MOTIVATION FOR NOT VOLUNTEERINGFOR NOT VOLUNTEERINGFOR NOT VOLUNTEERINGFOR NOT VOLUNTEERING FREQUEFREQUEFREQUEFREQUENCYNCYNCYNCY %%%% RANKRANKRANKRANK

1 unable to keep the promise or commitment to volunteer 6 9.38 9

2 health reason 9 14.06 6

3 too busy; no more time 32 50.00 1

4 family constraints 23 35.94 3

5 work in school 31 48.44 2

6 pre-occupied by hobby,sports 7 10.94 7.5

7 not my line/type of things I want to do 14 21.88 4

8 not allowed bt parents/guardians 7 10.94 7.5

9 no one asked or informed me about it 12 18.75 5

10 others: 1 1.56 10TOTALTOTALTOTALTOTAL n=64n=64n=64n=64


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However, the top reason for not volunteering in the activities is being too busy orhaving no more time for volunteering due to work in school. Each fulltime facultymember is required to teach 45 units in a year in various schemes divided into twosemesters and a summer term. This teaching job is on top of other obligations such as

attendance in official school activities and departmental regular meetings, submittinggrades and course syllabus on time, and consultation periods with students. It mustreally be a fulltime job for them. The 2nd top reason for not volunteering is due tofamily constraints. Volunteering is not my line or type of things I want to do is thethird reason why fulltime faculty members did not volunteer.

For the fulltime faculty members, the school was the runaway top organizer ofthe activities with 354 scores while running in second as organizer was personalundertaking. And there were more activities done in 3 hours or less with 338 than thelonger hours in the list (237 for 12 hours or more and only 201 for 4 11 hours).Fulltime faculty members were shown to prefer to participate in activities that requireshort hours than longer hours.

Part-time. Doing tutorials for free topped other activities with 13 volunteers out ofpossible 14 for the part-time faculty members (refer to Table 5). Almost all of thesetutorials were done as personal activity of the faculty. Four of these free tutorials lasted12 hours or more. Twelve respondents said that they did help provide assistance orbasic necessities such as goods, clothing to people with disabilities or who are elderly,destitute, ill, homeless, orphaned to rank second while ten faculty members gavetrainings for a certain group of people to acquire skills and knowledge for free to place

third in all activities. Most of these two activities were sponsored by school. Donatingblood or other biological organs had only one volunteer.

Fourteen of the listed activities that part-time faculty members participated inwere typically organized or sponsored by school. Noteworthy among these activitieswere giving trainings for free, organizing events that will help people such as medicalmissions or benefit concerts, and data-gathering for research. Interestingly, the parishas a sponsor or organizer was most active in public demonstration, rally, vigil or marchfor a cause. It would be recalled that EDSA Dos where the Catholic church took anactive part had happened just two years ago at the time of this survey.

To affirm their belief in the cause of the activities emerges as the top reason ormotivation for volunteering (refer to Table 6). Tied for the 2nd top reasons why theyvolunteered are to have an achievement or fulfillment, to learn new skills, to help bringabout social change, to establish support, bonding, friendship with others, and to gainpersonal growth and enhance self-esteem.


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TABLE 5. Participation on and Duration of the Activities and their Organizer by the Parttime Faculty Members

ACTIVITY YES

Percentage

RANKING


Parish

CivicOrg.

School

Personal

Others

12hrs/more

4-1

1hours

3hrs/less


1 Have you participated in a public demonstration, rally, vigil or march for a cause?9 64.3% 4 7 2 6 0 1 3 4 3

2 Have you helped resolve a d ispute or conflict between members of any groups or communities?8 57.1% 5 4 2 4 3 2 1 2 5

3Have you helped in the conduct of an election through NAMFREL, PPCRV, and other volunteergroups? 7 50.0% 7 2 2 3 2 0 3 2 2

4Have you participated in any political action such as gathering of signatures, political education,information dissemination,etc.? 6 42.9% 11 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1

5 Have you helped a certain candidate or political party to get elected without a fee?6 42.9% 11 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 0

6Have you helped organize a group of people such as workers, youth, students, professionals toadvance their rights? 6 42.9% 11 0 2 3 2 0 1 2 1

7Have you campaigned against threats to the environment through exhibits, informationdissemination,..?

6 42.9% 11 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 2

Social Services8

Have you helped save or provide comfort and assistance to victims of a natural/man-made disastersuch as flood Mayon eruption, fire, etc.?

7 50.0% 7 2 1 4 4 1 3 2 2


10Have you helped provide services such as counseling, prevention or correction of delinquency,rehabilitation, emotional support to children and youth t hrough referrral or direct service?

7 50.0% 7 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 2

11Have you organized an event that will help people such as medical and educational missions, orproceeds of benefit concert, raffle, contests..? 4 28.6% 19 1 3 6 1 1 3 5 2


12 Have you given any training for a certain group of people to acquire skills and knowledge for free?10 71.4% 3 3 3 6 3 1 4 4 4

13 Have you done tutorials for free? 13 92.9% 1 0 0 1 5 0 4 3 2

14Have you observed situations, visited places, or interviewed people to g ather information for

research? 8 57.1% 5 0 2 6 2 0 1 4 1

15Have you helped organize a public event aimed at popularizing knowledge or skills through lectures,conferences, workshops, seminars..?

7 50.0% 7 1 2 5 3 0 2 4 1

Philanthropy

16Have you helped provide assistance (toys for children) or basic necessities such as good, clothing topeople with disabilities, who are e lderly, destitute, ill,homeless, orphaned?

12 85.7% 2 2 2 5 4 1 3 5 2



18Have you helped plan, set up, advertise, manage, provide technical assistance at a cu ltural event forpublic entertainment such as concert, play, poetry reading, exhibits..?

6 42.9% 11 1 1 4 2 0 4 2 0

19Have you acted, performed, sung, danced, or displayed your work of art for public entertainment andproceeds of which is for a noble cause? 5 35.7% 17 2 1 4 0 0 3 3 0

20Have you helped plan, set up, advertise, manage, provide technical assistance at sporting orrecreational event for public entertainmet such as basketball, chess, billiards, show fair..?

5 35.7% 17 1 2 3 1 1 3 1 1

21Have you taken part as a player, coach or a participant in any of the recreational events of which thepurpose is to serve a public cause? 6 42.9% 11 0 3 3 0 2 2 1 0

Housing and Others

22 Have you helped build structures/infrastructures designed to house or help people in their daily lives?3 21.4% 21 1 1 2 1 2 3 0 2


TOTAL n=14 34 35 77 44 13 55 54 37


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TABLE 6. Reasons or MotivaTABLE 6. Reasons or MotivaTABLE 6. Reasons or MotivaTABLE 6. Reasons or Motivations for volunteering and nottions for volunteering and nottions for volunteering and nottions for volunteering and not VVVVolunteeringolunteeringolunteeringolunteering

of Partof Partof Partof Part----time Faculty memberstime Faculty memberstime Faculty memberstime Faculty members


1 to have fun 4 28.57 8




5 to give something back 6 42.86 6.5

6 to help bring about social change 6 42.86 6.5

7 to establish support, bonding, friendship with others7

50.00 4

8 to avail of free food and rersources such as t-shirts 0 0.00 10.5



11 others 0 0.00 10.5


REASON or MOTIVATIONREASON or MOTIVATIONREASON or MOTIVATIONREASON or MOTIVATION FOR NOT VOLUNTEERINGFOR NOT VOLUNTEERINGFOR NOT VOLUNTEERINGFOR NOT VOLUNTEERING FREQUENCYFREQUENCYFREQUENCYFREQUENCY %%%% RANKRANKRANKRANK

1

unable to keep the promise or commitment to

volunteer 3 21.43 5.5



4 family constraints 3 21.43 5.5

5 work in school 6 42.86 2.5

6 pre-occupied by hobby,sports 1 7.14 8

7 not my line/type of things I want to do 6 42.86 2.5

8 not allowed bt parents/guardians 0 0.00 9.5


10 others: 0 0.00 9.5



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Just like the fulltime faculty members, the topmost reason why part-time facultymembers did not volunteer in the activities is because they were busy with their work inschool. It is followed jointly by family constraints and volunteering being not theirline/type of things they want to do.

For the part-time faculty members, the school with 77 scores remained the toporganizer of activities and it was followed by personal undertaking. It seemed that part-time faculty members tend to participate more in the activities with longer hours like 12hours or more (55) and 4 11 hours (54) than in shorter hours like 3 hours or less(37).

Staff members

Academic staff. Thirty-seven out of possible 39 volunteers participated in a publicdemonstration, rally, vigil or march for a cause (refer to Table 7). This activity wasmostly organized by school where almost half of the volunteers spent 4-11 hours. Bothwith 33 volunteers were giving trainings for certain group of people to acquire skills andknowledge for free and helping provide assistance or basic necessities to people withdisabilities or who are elderly, destitute, ill, homeless and orphaned. More than half ofthese two activities were organized by school.

Still, it was the school which had organized most of the activities that academicstaff members participated in. Standing out from these activities were participating in apublic demonstration, rally, vigil or march for a cause, helping save or provide comfort

and assistance to victims of natural/man-made disasters such as flood, Mayon eruption,and fire, giving trainings for free, helping provide assistance or basic necessities topeople in dire need, helping build structures/infrastructures designed to house or helppeople in their daily lives, participating in political action such as gathering ofsignatures, political education and information dissemination, campaigning againstthreats to the environment through exhibits, education, information dissemination, andgathering data through observing, visiting and interviewing people, helping organizepublic events aimed at popularizing knowledge or skills through lectures, conferences,and seminar-workshops, and helping plan, set-up, advertise, manage or providetechnical assistance at a cultural event for public entertainment such as concert,dances, play, poetry reading and exhibits. However, there were activities that were

done as personal undertaking such as helping resolve dispute or conflict betweenmembers of any groups or communities, helping provide services such as counseling,prevention or correction of delinquency, rehabilitation, emotional support to childrenand youth through referral or direct service, helping candidates or political party to getelected without a fee, helping organize a group of people such as workers, youth,students, professionals to advance their rights, and doing tutorials for free.


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TABLE 7. Participation on and Duration of the Activities and their Organizer by the Academic Staff Members

ACTIVITY YES

Percentage

RANKING


Parish

CivicOrg.

School

Personal

Others

12hrs/more

4-1

1hours

3hrs/less

Politics and Advocacy1 Have you participated in a public demonstration, rally, vigil or march for a cause?

37 94.9% 1 6 9 31 3 0 9 16 13

2 Have you helped resolve a d ispute or conflict between members of any groups or communities? 23 59.0% 8 2 4 9 12 4 2 10 9

3Have you helped in the conduct of an election through NAMFREL, PPCRV, and other volunteergroups? 19 48.7% 14 8 6 5 5 0 12 4 3

4Have you participated in any political action such as gathering of signatures, political education,information dissemination,etc.? 23 59.0% 8 2 3 17 3 1 10 3 8

5 Have you helped a certain candidate or political party to get elected without a fee?17 43.6% 15 0 3 3 14 1 5 8 3

6Have you helped organize a group of people such as workers, youth, students, professionals toadvance their rights?

13 33.3% 18 1 4 6 7 1 9 1 2

7Have you campaigned against threats to the environment through exhibits, informationdissemination,..? 21 53.9% 13 2 5 17 3 0 10 4 5

Social Services

8Have you helped save or provide comfort and assistance to victims of a natural/man-madedisaster such as flood Mayon eruption, fire, etc.? 28 71.8% 4 5 8 19 6 0 4 9 15


10Have you helped provide services such as counseling, prevention or correction of delinquency,rehabilitation, emotional support to children and youth t hrough referrral or direct service?

27 69.2% 6 2 4 16 18 3 9 9 8

11Have you organized an event that will help people such as medical and educational missions, orproceeds of benefit concert, raffle, contests..?

15 38.5% 16 4 5 8 2 1 9 3 3


12Have you given any training for a certain group of people to acquire skills and knowledge forfree? 33 84.6% 2 7 5 23 14 1 11 14 7

13 Have you done tutorials for free? 22 56.4% 11 0 2 8 12 1 9 8 3

14Have you observed situations, visited places, or interviewed people to g ather information forresearch? 28 71.8% 4 3 1 22 7 2 14 7 4

15Have you helped organize a public event aimed at popularizing knowledge or skills throughlectures, conferences, workshops, seminars..? 25 64.1% 7 3 4 20 3 2 13 6 3

Philanthropy

16Have you helped provide assistance (toys for children) or basic necessities such as good,clothing to people with disabilities, who are elderly, destitute, ill,homeless, orphaned? 33 84.6% 2 9 3 25 10 3 7 15 10

17 Have you donated blood or other biological organs? 10 25.6% 21 0 0 4 6 0 2 2 4


18Have you helped plan, set up, advertise, manage, provide technical assistance at a cu lturalevent for public entertainment such as concert, play, poetry reading, exhibits..? 22 56.4% 11 2 3 18 2 0 7 12 3

19Have you acted, performed, sung, danced, or displayed your work of art for public entertainmentand proceeds of which is for a noble cause? 9 23.1% 22 1 2 6 2 1 4 1 4

20Have you helped plan, set up, advertise, manage, provide technical assistance at sporting orrecreational event for public entertainmet such as basketball, chess, billiards, show fair..? 12 30.8% 19 2 6 6 4 1 6 4 1

21Have you taken part as a player, coach or a participant in any of the recreational events of whichthe purpose is to serve a public cause? 12 30.8% 19 2 5 8 1 0 4 3 3

Housing and Others

22Have you helped build structures/infrastructures designed to house or help people in their dailylives? 14 35.9% 17 1 4 10 2 0 6 6 3


TOTAL n=39 66 95 296 150 27 167 159 128


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Most academic staff volunteers allotted 12 hours or more for ten activities while4 11 hours of volunteering topped in the six activities. Those activities with 12 hoursor more were helping in the conduct of election through Namfrel, PPCRV, and othervolunteer groups, participating in political actions, helping organize a group of people,

organizing events that will help people, doing tutorials, campaigning against threats toenvironment, gathering data for research, organizing events aimed at popularizingknowledge and skills, and helping plan, set-up, manage, provide technical assistance atsporting or recreational event for public entertainment. Some activities which took 4-11hours were participating in public demonstration, rally, vigil or march, giving trainings,helping resolve disputes or conflicts, helping provide assistance or basic necessities,helping a certain candidate or political party to get elected, and helping plan, set-up,manage or provide technical assistance at cultural event. For some volunteers, it tookonly 3 hours or less to help in first-aid operations and donate blood.

For the academic staff members, the principal reason or motivation forvolunteering is to gain personal growth and enhance self-esteem (see Table 8). Tied forthe next top reasons are to have an achievement or fulfillment and to establish support,bonding, friendship with others. To help bring about social change is the 4 th reason ormotivation why academic staff members volunteered. The weakest motivation though isto avail of free food and resources like t-shirts. Other reasons given by the respondentsbut not on the list were to serve and do my obligation, to fulfill ones mission, to make adifference, and to experience life responsibility as a Christian.

Similar with the faculty members, the number one reason or motivation for notvolunteering is being too busy due to work in school. Aside from being busy with work,

sixteen academic staff members did not volunteer because no one asked or informedthem about the activities. Information dissemination about activities may potentially bepersuasive in drawing volunteers. The third reason why they did not volunteer was thatvolunteering was not their line or type of things they wanted to do. One respondentwas not allowed by parents/guardians to volunteer.

For the academic staff members, it was again the school that organized most ofthe activities in the list. Much more academic staff members spent longer hoursvolunteering; 165 for 12 hours or more, 149 for 4 11 hours while only 119 for 3 hoursor less.

Non-academic staff. The activity that many non-academic staff members volunteeredon was participating in public demonstration, rally, vigil or march for cause (refer toTable 9). Twenty-seven of this kind of activity which are mostly organized by schoolused to last for only 3 hours or less. It was followed by helping provide assistance orbasic necessities to people in need. Giving trainings for free and doing free tutorialswere also high in the list of activities, respectively. Again, donating blood or otherbiological organs came last in the list of activities of non-academic staff.


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TABLE 8. Reasons or Motivations for Volunteering and not Volunteering of AcademicTABLE 8. Reasons or Motivations for Volunteering and not Volunteering of AcademicTABLE 8. Reasons or Motivations for Volunteering and not Volunteering of AcademicTABLE 8. Reasons or Motivations for Volunteering and not Volunteering of Academic

Staff MembersStaff MembersStaff MembersStaff Members

REASONREASONREASONREASON or MOTor MOTor MOTor MOTIVATION FOR VOLUNTEERINGIVATION FOR VOLUNTEERINGIVATION FOR VOLUNTEERINGIVATION FOR VOLUNTEERING FREQUENCYFREQUENCYFREQUENCYFREQUENCY %%%% RANKRANKRANKRANK

1 to have fun 16 41.03 7.5

2 to have an achievement or fullfillment 28 71.79 2.5



5 to give something back 16 41.03 7.5


7 to establish support, bonding, friendship with others 28 71.79 2.5




others: personal mission, to serve and do my obligation

11 fulfilling one of my mission/making a difference/experience life 4 10.26 9

responsibility as a Christian



1 unable to keep the promise or commitment to volunteer 3 7.69 7.5





6 pre-occupied by hobby,sports 0 0.00 0


8 not allowed bt parents/guardians 1 2.56 99 no one asked or informed me about it 16 41.03 3

10others: attending classes and doing farm works on

weekends, work, need to rest3

7.697.5



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TABLE 9. Participation on and Duration of the Activities and their Organizer by the Non-academic Members

ACTIVITYYES

Percentage

RANKING Organizer/Sponsor Durat

Parish

CivicOrg.

School

Personal

Others

12

hrs/more

4

-11hours


1 Have you participated in a public demonstration, rally, vigil or march for a cause?59 79.7% 1 8 9 50 5 1 9 21

2Have you helped resolve a dispute or conflict between members of any groups orcommunities? 35 47.3% 8 3 5 15 16 2 9 8

3Have you helped in the conduct of an election through NAMFREL, PPCRV, and othervolunteer groups? 30 40.5% 12 11 12 4 5 3 18 8

4Have you participated in any political action such as gathering of signatures, politicaleducation, information dissemination,etc.? 36 48.7% 7 4 5 27 6 4 3 14

5 Have you helped a certain candidate or political party to get elected without a fee? 34 46.0% 10 2 3 3 26 0 15 10

6Have you helped organize a group of people such as workers, youth, students,professionals to advance their rights? 18 24.3% 20 3 2 6 10 1 7 7

7Have you campaigned against threats to the environment through exhibits, informationdissemination?

22 29.7% 17 1 3 9 14 1 3 4 Social Services

8Have you helped save or provide comfort and assistance to victims of a natural/man-made disaster such as flood Mayon eruption, fire, etc.? 35 47.3% 8 3 9 15 16 4 5 13

9 Have you helped in first aid operations? 24 32.4% 16 1 7 10 9 2 5 6

10Have you helped provide services such as counseling, prevention or correction ofdelinquency, rehabilitation, emotional support to children and youth through referr ral ordirect service? 33 44.6% 11 1 2 16 20 1 5 13

11Have you organized an event that will help people such as medical and educationalmissions, or proceeds of benefit concert, raffle, contests..? 30 40.5% 12 6 13 16 7 0 14 7


12Have you given any training for a certain group of people to acquire skills andknowledge for free? 47 63.5% 3 1 8 25 16 4 13 19

13 Have you done tutorials for free? 46 62.2% 4 0 4 11 33 1 16 11

14 Have you observed situations, visited places, or interviewed people to gatherinformation for research? 38 51.4% 5 2 5 23 11 2 12 15

15Have you helped organize a public event aimed at popularizing knowledge or skillsthrough lectures, conferences, workshops, seminars..? 37 50.0% 6 4 6 20 8 4 14 13

Philanthropy

16Have you helped provide assistance (toys for children) or basic necessities such asgood, clothing to people with disabilities, who are elderly, destitute, ill,homeless,orphaned? 54 73.0% 2 8 8 16 33 5 8 20

17 Have you donated blood or other biological organs? 14 18.9% 22 0 2 0 9 3 1 3


18Have you helped plan, set up, advertise, manage, provide technical assistance at acultural event for public entertainment such as concert, play, poetry reading, exhibits..?

28 37.8% 14 2 6 18 5 3 12 13

19Have you acted, performed, sung, danced, or displayed your work of art for publi centertainment and proceeds of which is for a noble cause? 17 23.0% 21 3 3 12 5 0 5 6

20Have you helped plan, set up, advertise, manage, provide technical assistance atsporting or recreational event for public entertainmet such as basketball, chess,billiards, show fair..? 25 33.8% 15 3 6 14 2 2 6 14

21Have you taken part as a player, coach or a partic ipant in any of the recreationalevents of which the purpose is to serve a public cause? 22 29.7% 17 3 6 11 6 1 10 6

Housing and Others

22Have you helped build structures/infrastructures designed to house or help people intheir daily lives? 20 27.0% 19 1 4 8 7 3 6 5

23 Other activitites you have done 3 4.1% 23 0 1 1 2 0 2 3

TOTAL n=74 70 129 330 271 47 198 239


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As expected, the school had the most number of sponsored or organizedactivities. Topping in 11 activities where non-academic staff had participated in, theschool organized public demonstration, rally, vigil or march for a cause, free trainingsfor people to acquire skills and knowledge, political actions like gathering of signatures,

events that would help people like medical missions, data-gathering for research,events aimed at popularizing knowledge and skills through lectures, conferences andseminar-workshops, and cultural, recreational or sporting events. Personal undertakingas organizer was the highest in 9 activities. Among these activities were helping save orprovide comfort and assistance to victims of disasters, helping resolve disputes orconflicts, helping provide assistance or basic necessities to people in need, providingservices such as counseling, prevention and correction of delinquency, rehabilitationand emotional support to children and youth, helping candidates or political parties toget elected, organizing groups of people such as workers, youth, students andprofessionals, doing free tutorials, donating blood or other biological organs, andcampaigning against threats to environment. Civic organization emerged as the toporganizer or sponsor of helping in the conduct of election through Namfrel, PPCRV, andother volunteer groups.

Represented by the number of hours spent for the activities, the extent ofvolunteering by non-academic staff members were almost equally distributed to the 3categories. There were six activities with 12 hours or more; 4 11 hours topped inseven activities while 3 hours or less topped in eight activities. The activity which hadthe most number of volunteers for 3 hours or less category is participating in publicdemonstration, rally, vigil or march for cause with 27 volunteers. For 4 11 hours, theactivity with the highest number of volunteers is helping provide assistance or basic

necessities to people in need while helping in the conduct of election through Namfrel,PPCRV, and other volunteer groups has the most number of volunteers for 12 hours ormore category with 18 volunteers.

Table 10 shows that to gain personal growth and enhance self-esteem is theleading reason or motivation of non-academic staff members for volunteering. It isfollowed by to establish support, bonding, and friendship with others as chief motivator.Coming in third is to affirm my belief in the cause. Other reasons not listed but suppliedby the respondents are to help people uplift from poverty, to keep him/her alive andkicking, to actualize with the commitment to serve, and to respond to a call.

The number one reason why non-academic staff members did not volunteer isdue to being busy because of school work. The second reason is due to familyconstraints. And the third one is because not anyone asked or informed therespondents about the activities.


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TABLE 10. Reasons or Motivations for Volunteering andTABLE 10. Reasons or Motivations for Volunteering andTABLE 10. Reasons or Motivations for Volunteering andTABLE 10. Reasons or Motivations for Volunteering and not Volunteeringnot Volunteeringnot Volunteeringnot Volunteering

of Nonof Nonof Nonof Non----academic Staff Membersacademic Staff Membersacademic Staff Membersacademic Staff Members


1 to have fun 29 39.19 7










11

others

4 5.41 10

to help people uplift from poverty

a call offered to respond

to keep me alive and kicking

to actualize with the commitment to serve



1 unable to keep the promise or commitment to volunteer 13 17.57 6





6 pre-occupied by hobby,sports 5 6.76 87 not my line/type of things I want to do 18 24.32 5

8 not allowed bt parents/guardians 3 4.05 9


10 others: 0 0.00 10



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For the non-academic staff members, it was once again the school whichorganized most of the activities in the list. And they were more inclined to participate inactivities that could last for a daytime or less, such as, 4 11 hours (239) and 3 hoursor less (206), as against the longer time, 12 hours or more (198).

Students

First year. It was helping provide assistance or basic necessities to people who are indire need that topped the list of activities that most 1st year students volunteered on(see Table 11). One hundred thirty-nine (139) students out of 168 respondentsvolunteered for such activity. More than half of this kind of activity were organized byschool and many lasted for only 3 hours or less. Taking second place was gatheringdata for research through observations, fieldwork and interviews with 121 studentswhile 99 students participated in public demonstrations, rally, vigil or march for cause tobe third in rank among the activities. The activity that had the least number ofvolunteers was donating blood or biological organs with only 2 students.

Expectedly, 17 activities in the list were generally organized or sponsored byschool. High on this list were public demonstration, rally, vigil or march for cause,disaster relief and first aid operations, free skill trainings, campaigning against threatsto environment, data-gathering for research, and cultural and recreational events forpublic entertainment. The remaining five activities were topped by personalundertaking. These activities were helping resolve conflict or dispute, helping buildstructures or infrastructures, helping a certain candidate or political party get elected,

doing free tutorials, and donating blood or biological organs.

Many activities, fifteen specifically in the list, were done in 3 hours or less.Leading these activities were helping save or provide comfort and assistance to victimsof disasters, helping resolve conflicts or disputes, helping provide assistance or basicnecessities to people in need, doing free tutorials, data-gathering for research, andacting, singing or playing a role in a public event for entertainment. Seven activitieswere highest under 4 11 hours category. Among these are giving free trainings,helping build structures and infrastructures, helping in the conduct of election throughNamfrel or PPCRV, helping organize a public event aimed at popularizing knowledge orskills, and playing a part in recreational or sporting events.

The chief motivation for the 131 1st year students to volunteer is to learn newskills (refer to Table 12). Second is to have achievement or fulfillment. Andunderstandably, to establish support, bonding and friendship with others is also high inthe motivation factor for volunteering. For young people who wanted to find their placein a new environment, learning new skills, having achievement and new friends wouldbe major motivations to engage in activities that offer these.


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TABLE 11. Participation on and Duration of the Activities and their Organizers by the First Year Students

ACTIVITYYES

Percentage

RANKING


Parish

CivicOrg.

School

Personal

Others

12hrs/more

4-1

1hours

3hrs/less


1 Have you participated in a public d emonstration, rally, vigil or march for a cause? 99 58.9% 3 22 11 78 3 5 18 34 49

2Have you helped resolve a dispute or conflict between members of any groups orcommunities? 72 42.9% 9 2 9 26 32 7 5 13 47

3Have you helped in the conduct of an election through NAMFREL, PPCRV, and othervolunteer groups? 33 19.6% 21 5 7 13 4 2 7 12 7

4Have you participated in any political action such as gathering of s ignatures, politicaleducation, information dissemination,etc.?

56 33.3% 17 1 11 23 8 8 10 18 19

5 Have you helped a certain candidate or political party to get elected without a fee? 77 45.8% 8 0 9 30 31 7 18 22 31

6Have you helped organize a group of people such as workers, youth, students, professionalsto advance their rights? 69 41.1% 10 10 12 31 8 8 12 18 28

7Have you campaigned against threats to the environment through exhibits, informationdissemination,..? 52 31.0% 18 3 6 39 5 4 3 26 19

Social Services

8Have you helped save or provide comfort and assistance to victims of a natural/man-madedisaster such as flood Mayon eruption, fire, etc.?

81 48.2% 6 12 10 48 10 8 8 17 49


10Have you helped provide services such as counseling, prevention or correction ofdelinquency, rehabilitation, emotional support to children and youth through referrral or directservice? 59 35.1% 16 6 11 23 17 4 7 20 28

11Have you organized an event that will help people such as medical and educationalmissions, or proceeds of benefit concert, raffle, contests..? 64 38.1% 13 8 13 42 5 8 14 22 22


12Have you given any training for a certain group of people to acquire skills and knowledge forfree? 95 56.6% 4 5 13 63 8 14 23 34 32

13 Have you done tutorials for fr ee? 69 41.1% 10 0 2 22 40 6 9 15 42

14Have you observed situations, visited places, or interviewed people to g ather information for

research? 121 72.0% 2 4 8 101 11 5 16 44 58

15Have you helped organize a public event aimed at popularizing knowledge or skills throughlectures, conferences, workshops, seminars..? 63 37.5% 14 9 14 44 4 4 17 24 17

Philanthropy

16Have you helped provide assistance (toys for children) or basic necessities such as good,clothing to people with d isabilities, who are elderly, destitute, ill,homeless, orphaned? 139 82.7% 1 19 12 99 27 9 11 47 67



18Have you helped plan, set up, advertise, manage, provide technical assistance at a culturalevent for public entertainment such as concert, play, poetry reading, exhibits..?

69 41.1% 10 7 7 59 3 1 14 22 31

19Have you acted, performed, sung, danced, or displayed your work of art for publicentertainment and proceeds of which is for a noble cause?

84 50.0% 5 9 11 67 10 8 12 27 41

20 Have you helped plan, set up, advertise, manage, provide technical assistance at sporting orrecreational event for public entertainmet such as basketball, chess, billiards, show f air..? 63 37.5% 14 3 15 43 6 7 8 23 27

21Have you taken part as a player, coach or a participant in any of the recreational events ofwhich the purpose is to serve a public cause?

78 46.4% 7 6 13 59 5 8 14 33 24

Housing and Others

22Have you helped build structures/infrastructures designed to house or help people in theirdaily lives? 38 22.6% 20 6 5 9 16 6 6 15 10


TOTAL n=168 144 208 965 265 143 247 519 681


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TABLE 1TABLE 1TABLE 1TABLE 12. Reasons or Motivations for Volunteering and not Volunteering2. Reasons or Motivations for Volunteering and not Volunteering2. Reasons or Motivations for Volunteering and not Volunteering2. Reasons or Motivations for Volunteering and not Volunteering

of First Year Studentsof First Year Studentsof First Year Studentsof First Year Students


1 to have fun 106 63.10 5










11 others 17 10.12 11


REASON or MOTIVREASON or MOTIVREASON or MOTIVREASON or MOTIVATIONATIONATIONATION FOR NOT VOLUNTEERINGFOR NOT VOLUNTEERINGFOR NOT VOLUNTEERINGFOR NOT VOLUNTEERING FREQUENCYFREQUENCYFREQUENCYFREQUENCY %%%% RANKRANKRANKRANK

1

unable to keep the promise or commitment to

volunteer 63 37.50 4

2 health reason 33 19.64 7.5




6 pre-occupied by hobby,sports 33 19.64 7.5


8 not allowed bt parents/guardians 38 22.62 6


10 others: 4 2.38 10



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Eighty (80) out of 168 students were unable to volunteer due to school work.Sixty-four (64) said that no one asked or informed them about the activities while 63students were unable to keep their promises or commitment to volunteer. First yearstudents are said to be adjusting to the rigors of college life. Probably adjustment to

college life dissuades them to pursue extra-curricular activities.

More than half of the activities which were participated in by first year studentswere organized by school. These students showed their preference to participate inshort-term activities with 681 scores under 3 hours or less category, 519 under 4 11hours, and only 247 under the hours or more category.

Second year. One hundred twenty (120) second year students out of 127 respondentsparticipated in data-gathering for research through observations, fieldwork andinterviews as their top activity for volunteering (see Table 13). The school mainlyorganized this kind of activity for the students where they spent mostly 4 11 hours.Helping provide assistance or basic necessities to people in need was done by 118students to be 2nd in rank as the highest activity with the most volunteers. The thirdactivity was participating in public demonstration, rally, vigil or march for cause.Consistently, donating blood or other biological organs was last in the list of activitiesthat 2nd year students volunteered on.

It was the school that organized most of the activities for the 2nd year students.High in the list that the school organized were public demonstration, rally, vigil or marchfor cause, relief and first aid operations, trainings, political action like signature

gathering and political education, campaigning against threats to environment,gathering data for research, and organizing a cultural and recreational events for publicentertainment. Two activities got the highest under personal undertaking, namely,helping certain candidate or political party get elected and doing free tutorials. Theschool and personal undertaking both had the same number of score for one activity helping provide services like counseling and emotional support to children and youthunder stress. Another tie is recorded between school and civic organization in oneactivity donating blood or other biological organs.

Thirteen activities were mostly done in 3 hours or less; six activities in 4 - 11hours; two activities in 12 hours or more. The activities done under 3 hours or less were

public demonstration, rally, vigil or march for cause, relief operations, first aidoperations, helping resolve dispute or conflict, helping provide services such ascounseling or emotional support to children and youth, political action like signaturecampaign, helping certain candidate or political party get elected, organizing eventsthat help people like medical mission, doing tutorials, blood or organ donation,campaigning against threats to environment, and organizing a recreational events forentertainment. Under 4 11 hours, the activities were helping provide assistance or


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Table 13. Participation on and Duration of the Activities and their Organizer by the Second Year Students

ACTIVITYYES

Percentage

RANKING

Organizer/Sponsor Duratio

Parish

CivicOrg.

School

Personal

Others

12hrs/more

4-1

1hours


1 Have you participated in a public demonstration, rally, vigi l or march for a cause?104 81.9% 3 33 22 93 4 5 11 41

2Have you helped resolve a dispute or confli ct between members of any groups orcommunities? 97 76.4% 4 7 12 44 39 14 7 24

3Have you helped in the conduct of an election through NAMFREL, PPCRV, and othervolunteer groups? 49 38.6% 20 11 13 15 12 5 19 18

4Have you participated in any political action such as gathering of signatures, politicaleducation, information dissemination,etc.? 63 49.6% 17 1 18 45 15 4 9 20

5 Have you helped a certain candidate or political party to get elected without a fee?79 62.2% 12 2 14 26 28 12 26 18

6Have you helped organize a group of people such as workers, youth, students, professionalsto advance their rights? 76 59.8% 15 9 18 33 13 6 15 25

7Have you campaigned against threats to the environment through exhibits, informationdissemination,..? 51 40.2% 19 3 12 36 12 7 6 17

Social Services

8Have you helped save or provide comfort and assistance to victims of a natural/man-madedisaster such as flood Mayon eruption, fire, etc.? 88 69.3% 7 8 21 53 11 9 11 26

9 Have you helped in first aid operations? 48 37.8% 21 2 15 30 7 2 8 17

10Have you helped provide services such as counseling, p revention or correction of delinquency,rehabilitation, emotional support to children and youth through referrral or direct service? 65 51.2% 16 9 9 20 20 6 8 22

11Have you organized an event that will help people such as medical and educational missions,or proceeds of benefit concert, raffle, contests..? 77 60.6% 14 15 16 33 24 12 15 23


12Have you given any training for a certain g roup of people to acquire skill s and knowledge forfree? 96 75.6% 5 12 12 66 19 3 16 33

13 Have you done tutorials for free? 87 68.5% 8 2 10 32 40 8 15 31

14 Have you observed situations, visited places, or interviewed people to gather in formation forresearch? 120 94.5% 1 9 25 103 14 6 28 57

15Have you helped organize a public event aimed at popularizing knowledge or skills throughlectures, conferences, workshops, seminars..? 80 63.0% 11 16 21 49 8 6 17 35

Philanthropy

16Have you helped provide assistance (toys for children) o r basic necessities such as good,clothing to people with disabilities, who are elderly, destitute, ill,homeless, orphaned? 118 92.9% 2 21 23 94 19 10 11 60

17 Have you donated blood or other biological organs?18 14.2% 22 1 3 3 2 4 1 4


18Have you helped plan, set up, advertise, manage, provide technical assistance at a culturalevent for public entertainment such as concert, play, poetry reading, exhibits..? 89 70.1% 6 13 20 96 14 11 18 41

19Have you acted, performed, sung, danced, or displayed your work of art for publicentertainment and proceeds of which is for a noble cause? 81 63.8% 10 20 25 70 15 7 16 31

20 Have you helped plan, set up, advertise, manage, provide technical assistance at sporting orrecreational event for public entertainmet such as basketball, chess, billiards, show fair..? 78 61.4% 13 9 29 39 9 11 21 22

21Have you taken part as a player, coach or a pa rticipant in any of the recreational events ofwhich the purpose is to serve a public cause? 85 66.9% 9 12 12 56 13 12 26 24

Housing and Others

22Have you helped build structures/infrastructures designed to house or help people in their dail ylives?

56 44.1% 18 6 13 27 19 7 13 24

23 Other activitites you have done 17 13.4% 23 9 3 14 3 5 10 5

TOTAL n=127 230 366 1077 360 172 327 618


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basic necessities to people in need, helping build structures or infrastructures, helpingorganize groups of people to advance their rights, gathering data for research, andorganizing or helping in cultural events for public entertainment. The two activities thatwere done in 12 hours or more were helping in the conduct of election and taking part

in recreational events for public cause.

Table 14 reveals that to have an achievement or fulfillment motivated more 2ndyear students with 121 scores than any other motivations in the list. Second in the listthat motivated students to volunteer more is to have fun with 116 responses. The thirdin rank in the motivations list is to establish support, bonding and friendship withothers.

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