heyam dawood abd ALQader sbaih

هيام داود عبد القادر صبيح

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The role of civil society organizations in promoting voluntary 
participation of youth in the Bethlehem Governorate from the point of 
view of young volunteers 
 
Prepared by: Heyam Sbiah 
Supervisor: Shaher Salama 
Abstract 
The present study aims at identifying the role of civil society organizations 
in enhancing voluntary participation of youth in the Bethlehem Governorate 
from the point of view of young volunteers. The study deals with the subject 
on three main levels. The first is the relationship between the environment of 
the institution and volunteer participation of youth, which discusses seven 
dimensions. The first considers the activities of civil society organization. 
The second dimension discusses management patterns used in those 
community organizations. The third studies the organizational policies in 
civil society organizations. The fourth dimension delves into social gender 
variation. The fifth examines the needs of youth volunteers in civil society 
organizations. The sixth dimension talks about facilities of civil society 
organizations related to volunteers, and the seventh dimension discusses 
means used by civil society organizations to promote their activities. The 
second component talks about the degree of promotion of voluntary 
participation of youth in civil society organizations. The third component of 
the study includes the obstacles to enhancing voluntary participation of 
youth in civil society organizations.  
The importance of this study stems from the findings on the role of civil 
society organizations in enhancing voluntary participation of youth in 
Bethlehem Governorate from the point of view of young volunteers. The 
study is built on the descriptive method. The study population consists of 
young volunteers in youth organizations in the Bethlehem Governorate, 
numbering 223 volunteers. The study sample consists of 141 volunteers. A 
questionnaire was used in the collection of primary data. from the study 
population. 
After data collection, statistical analysis was done using SPSS. from the 
study population. 
Results show that the relationship between civil society organizations and 
volunteering youth was positive obstruction. The results of the study also 
showed that the degree of enhancing voluntary participation of youth in civil 
society organizations was largely intermediate. 
The results also reveal that there are some obstacles affecting voluntary 
participation. These obstacles include lack of awareness of the importance of 
voluntary participation of youth in civil society organizations, and the 
discouragement of parents concerning participation in volunteering 
activities. 
The study results explain that there are statistically significant differences in 
the study subjects concerning the “level of education”. No statistical 
significant differences were found in relation to gender, age, marital status, 
occupation, family income, and average hours spent volunteering per month. 
In light of the results of this study, the researcher recommends to raise 
awareness about the importance and sanctity of voluntary work and its 
positive outcomes for both volunteers and their society; in addition to 
providing civil society organizations with volunteers' logistics in order to 
enhance the voluntary participation of youth in civil society organizations. 
The researcher also recommends that researchers should study more broadly 
the control variables (gender, age, marital status, average hours spent in 
voluntary participation, family income level, job). 
 


The role of civil society organizations in promoting voluntary participation of youth in the Bethlehem Governorate from the point of view of young volunteers

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