Volunteering in an Agency and Its Impact on Self Satisfaction : A Case Study of Bukhalu–Sub County, Bulambuli District
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2025-11-13
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Uganda Christian University
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Attaining self –satisfaction remains one of the most pressing challenges affecting global citizens. Although volunteering may provide one of the pathways to self-satisfaction, opportunities to volunteer are profoundly limited. The study explored the impact of volunteering in an agency and its impact on self-satisfaction in Bukhalu sub-county, Bulambuli District. Specifically, the study explored the different volunteering types that exist and the impact of volunteering in an agency on self-satisfaction in Bukhalu sub-county, Bulambuli District. The study also investigated factors that hinder volunteering in an agency in Bukhalu sub-county, Bulambuli District. The study used qualitative case study design to analyze data from the study area with the help of both qualitative and quantitative methods. The researcher collected data from 15 respondents in the study area who were selected using simple random and purpose sampling and questionnaires together with interview guide were used to collect data. The study discovered that volunteering in schools is one form of volunteering available. Others are corporate volunteering, community volunteer work and welfare volunteering is a form of volunteering. Findings show that volunteering is relevant for people of all ages as a source of social capital and goodwill and this helps to enhance self-satisfaction it is an important pathway for enhancing youth employment and employability, particularly through impacting transferable soft skills that educational institutions often fail to address and volunteering is associated with better mental health in older adulthood. Findings further revealed that because volunteering could enlarge social network size, its effects would be more pronounced for people who have fewer social contacts. Additionally, findings show that factors that have been identified as hindering volunteering in formal organizations include a lack of time or interest and health problems and people don’t have information about where to volunteer, or if they do, the jobs are not meaningful or purposeful as well as absence of volunteering programmes for people hinder volunteering in an agency. Other findings show that potential volunteers can be discouraged by formal recruitment procedures such as completing a long registration form or attending interviews. The study recommended that government and stakeholders should put in place initiatives to bolster volunteering culture and government in conjunction with local leaders should implement labour-friendly legislation to attract and retain volunteers and agencies should provide information to the public regarding opportunities for volunteering.