ANALYSIS
we promote mutual cooperation and inclusion of
all parties. The planned activities in each part of the
Strategy can’t be accomplished without cooperation
among all parties,” Kusinikova explains.
It seems that at least part of the blame for the lack of
volunteerism in the country lies with local business
leaders who fail to recognize the benefit giving back
by encouraging their employees to volunteer in their
local communities. “Our companies must learn how
to establish long term volunteer projects,” she says,
adding that such projects benefit the local community as well as to increase staff motivation and cohesiveness in the company.
Volunteerism is Contagious
There are plenty of examples Macedonia could learn
from. One such organization that has been working
in Macedonia since 1996 is the U.S. Peace Corps. Established by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, the
Peace Corps is a U.S. government agency devoted to
helping people in need in over 70 countries around
the world.
The Country Director of Peace Corps in Macedonia,
Kathleen Corey, says their mission is simple: to go in
and help without much fuss. “We lead by example,
we are quiet and do our job without much pomp,”
Corey explains. In this way, the Peace Corps has managed to bring some 500 Americans from all walks of
life to live and [ [