Youth’ Willingness and Challenges in Volunteerism: Student Perspective

Volunteering is not only give benefit to the recipients, this noble pursuit will also present a positive impact on individual self-development especially among youth. As youth, they are encouraged to be actively involved in voluntary activities in order to train themselves with good soft skills. However, youth participation in volunteerism is said to be at an unsatisfactory level. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the youth’ level of willingness to participate in voluntary activities and discuss the challenges faced by them in participating in the activities. The findings show that the students’ level of willingness to participate in voluntary activities was positively high and the level of the challenges faced was only moderate. In conclusion, it can be suggested that a clear understanding and recognition of the concept of volunteerism need be emphasized in order to produce more youth who have the spirit of volunteerism.