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February 2024

DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.16492.95361

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Nirma Hernández Ramos

Central University of Venezuela

This report collected the contributions to the humanitarian response of community volunteering in Venezuela during 2017-2022. Through various research methods and techniques –that allowed empirical evidence to be gathered from 2,500 people actively volunteering–, the profile of volunteering in a community-based organization was characterized, as well as their motivations and dynamics in a religious organization.

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