What is the purpose of voluntary service?

The purpose of voluntary service is dedication, friendship, mutual assistance and progress. Voluntary service refers to voluntary contribution of personal time to improve society and promote social progress without asking for any material reward. The core of volunteer spirit is the ideal of service, unity and the belief of making the world a better place together. It advocates mutual assistance, helping others to help themselves, selfless dedication, and asking for nothing in return.

Volunteers refer to participating in relevant organizations, making rational use of existing social resources within the scope of their duties, serving social welfare undertakings, and carrying out practical, professional, skilled and long-term service activities within their capabilities to help people in need.

Volunteers are also called volunteers, voluntary workers or volunteers. They are committed to contributing to social progress for free. Volunteer work refers to organized help and participation based on social public welfare responsibility, which can improve the awareness of law and rights protection, cultivate good health quality and psychological quality, guarantee their right to enjoy healthy cultural life and promote the construction of national civilization.