Role Of Volunteers Developing Social Responsibility During An Outbreak Of Epidemic Diseases

Abstract

Citizens often play vital roles in helping those affected to respond and recover, and can provide invaluable assistance to official agencies. However, in most developed countries, emergency and disaster management relies largely on a workforce of professionals and, to varying degrees, volunteers affiliated with official agencies. Those who work outside of such systems have tended to be viewed as a nuisance or liability, and their efforts are often undervalued. Given increasing disaster risk worldwide due to population growth, urban development and climate change, it is likely that ‘informal’ volunteers will provide much of the additional surge capacity required to respond to more frequent emergencies and disasters in the future. There is a need for stronger advocacy for all-hazard emergency preparedness actors, plans, and processes to recognize that pandemic is one of the risks that needs to be included. Service to the natural calamity affected people is expected from the NSS volunteers. During times of floods, earthquake, storms, epidemics, famine the following should be done by the NSS volunteers.