According to the above interview with Fredric, please provide profile report on Fredric on volunteering work.
Q.7 images of volunteers Interview with Fredric I'd like to show you some photos of volunteers at work. For each, please give your thoughts about the situation and the people, what you think of their contributions and of their motivations. Q.1 Current use of time Interviewer: show Images of Volunteers card. Ben Q.7a Conservation in Sri Lanka In an "ordinary" week, how do you currently spend your time? (What takes most time, how much time spent on work, family, leisure etc...?) Ben Fredric Your thoughts about Louise and her volunteer work? Well, five days of the week are real work. Some nights after work I try to do something other Bernadette than just have dinner and watch TV, such as play tennis, go to a restaurant or the pictures. We try to do something like this at least two of the five working day evenings, but often it is less Louise must be a very adventurous type - to volunteer in a foreign country. It looks like she than two. On the weekend, Saturday morning is reserved for the weekly shopping. After that I works closely with the local community, which is good. She seems to have the trust and the go off to my weekly round of golf. That pretty much takes up Saturday day. On Saturday interest of the children, which means they might carry on her work when she leaves. I wonder how much influence she would have politically though. You need to be able to lobby and fight evenings we either just stay in and have a nice dinner or we go out with friends - about 50/50 governments sometimes, and that might be hard as an outsider. If you don't have that influence either way. Sunday morning is Church and then the afternoon is pretty much just a bit of relaxation - some gardening, TV, reading or just pottering around. you might in the long run actually do more harm than good. I don't want to sound negative, but it's no good making the people in these countries dependent on well-off kids flying over in their Q.1a Feelings about current time use? vacations and then rushing back home to their privileged life. Q.7b Housing in Honduras Ben How do you feel about your time use now? Does it fit with your goals? Are there other things Ben you'd like to fit in? Your thoughts about Ross and the work he is doing? Fredric Bernadette Oh I like to think I've got a pretty good balance in life. I believe in a balanced lifestyle - an This is good work - I hope he's involving local labourers though. At least he knows that when he appropriate amount of time for work, rest and play, as they say. Although like everyone else, I guess, I wouldn't mind working a bit less and having more time for the other stuff. But I can't leaves Honduras, his project will have left behind something of lasting benefit - the actual houses they built. I wonder how he's learnt to adapt his skills to the local environment - I doubt complain. he has access to the same materials and tools he would use at home. This would be a good opportunity for young single men with a trade. Q.2 Time use ten years on Q.7c Food program in Melbourne Ben Please think ahead, to your life ten years from now. How does your use of time look then? Ben (What will your goals be then? Will you be employed? What will you do when you are not Your thoughts about Katie and her volunteer work? working...?) Bernadette Fredric She is probably a mother - and has extended her caring from her children (who are now grown Ten years from now I imagine it will be pretty much the same as now. As I said, I reckon I've up) to the people who come in for food. I think Katie probably enjoys the social aspect of her got it pretty right as far as balance goes. work - meeting with other ladies in the program. I'm sure they all swap photos and stories of grandchildren. It would be tiring work and heartbreaking sometimes, when you see people whose Q.2a Feelings about future time use? lives are falling apart. So the social aspect would offer some important emotional support to keep her going. Ben Does it fit with your goals? Do you expect to have enough time to do what you want to do?) Fredric thought much about it. I mean, as I said, I've got most of my time already allocated to work, rest Well, because I've got it pretty right, I don't really have any goal to change my lifestyle much in and play. Maybe I could start thinking about giving up a little of my time for something like that. that timeframe. Although it would be nice to will the lottery and retire from work - but that's Our church does a lot of good charity work in the neighbourhood. I suppose I could get involved just being greedy. in that a bit, although I'm not sure what exactly. I'd be doing something good for the community and the church. Q.3 Volunteer work means? If you mean full-time volunteer work, you know, going overseas for a while, I don't think so. I've just got too many commitments here, work and so on. Ben "Volunteer work": what does that phrase mean to you? Q.5 What sorts of people volunteer? Fredric Ben To me, "volunteer work" means doing something for, broadly speaking, community benefit, that What type of people volunteer? you give up your time for free for. Fredric Q.4 Volunteering experience Well, I honestly think most volunteers have what I would call "Christian" values. I don't mean they're Christians, just that they have that sort of community-minded values and ethics. I'm sure Ben people of other religions have them too. And I suppose you need to have a bit of spare time too Have you done any volunteer work? - you can't really dedicate a lot of time to volunteer work if you don't have it in the first place. Fredric going to fit in volunteer work? Yes, I think you'd call it volunteer work Q.5a Typical volunteer worker? Ben Ben What did you do, and when? Can you describe a typical volunteer? Fredric Fredric When I was much younger I used to help organize the church Saturday Night Socials that we put Well, as I said, someone with a community-minded spirit and plenty of spare time. I don't know on for the younger members of the parish. You'd call that volunteer work, wouldn't you? of any people who do volunteer work who are working full-time. What with kids and commitments, there just isn't enough time if you're working. Ben Yes, ifyou do. How was the experience? Ben For each "typical", do you know anyone like that? What do you think of them? Fredric I enjoyed it very much. But this was probably as much because I enjoyed it as social interaction Fredric with like-minded people. And I felt I was doing something of use for the church. It didn't really The only volunteers I know are the ones doing community work for the Church. They are all feel like volunteer work. I mean, volunteer work usually involves some sort of hardship or housewives. That's not very politically correct, is it? I mean married ladies at home who are not sacrifice on the part of the volunteer, and I didn't feel anything like that. employed full-time. I mean, they're not paid, they're just home, with spare time. Of course there are other people who do volunteer work; students and so on. They have plenty Ben of spare time. Would you do more in future? I don't know anyone who has gone overseas to do volunteer work. But you know, I think that's Fredric more a self-indulgent thing, a chance to travel, and maybe your parents put in some of the costs More Saturday Night Church Socials? No, I'm too old for that now - they are meant for the younger, single people. Would I do other sorts of volunteer work? Well, I've never really Q.6 Rewards for volunteer work Q.7a Conservation in Sri Lanka Ben Ben What do you think motivates volunteers? (What do they get out of it?) Your thoughts about Louise and her volunteer work? Fredric Fredric Well, I'm sure it must be very rewarding. Gives you a sense of, well not "achievement" exactly, Well, it looks like she's looking after some kids. I can imagine that she's a teacher or something but doing something, you know, useful for the community or people not as well off as you. The like that. The community is probably very poor and the government can't afford to put its own only word I can think of is "rewarding". Being able to help others who need it must be very ... resources into conservation. She's going there to help the community make better use of the land, gratifying. Also, Christians believe in tying to help those in need. Perhaps we should help or conserve their drinking water, or something like that so they 'll be able to make a better life for others irrespective of what personal benefits we get. themselves and perhaps even improve the standard of living in their own community over time. It looks like she likes kids, and probably doesn't have any commitments to keep her from Q.6a Incentives for volunteering? travelling away from home for some months. I think it's a very worthwhile thing she's doing and I'm sure she's doing it for the sake of helping others, and maybe even that's reward enough Ben in itself for her. But she's also got the travel and exotic experience from it. What incentives should be offered for volunteering? Q.7b Housing in Honduras Fredric Ben Well, people probably volunteer without any expectation of getting any "reward" or "incentive" out of it. However, I think it would be nice if there was some recognition for the time and effort Your thoughts about Ross and the work he is doing? they put in. I don't know, perhaps a certificate or something. It doesn't need to be much. Fredric Ben Well, I don't know, but I can imagine that there's been some sort of natural disaster which has If you were volunteering your time, how would you like to be thanked? destroyed a lot of the housing in the area and there is an urgent need to build new housing and shelter for the locals. Ross is probably a builder or carpenter or something and has decided to Fredric volunteer his time to help. He may be taking annual leave from work, or be between jobs or I wouldn't want much. A certificate would be nice, but I wouldn't not volunteer if there was no something. He is obviously sacrificing either holiday time or salary to do this; I think that is admirable. What motivates him? Look, I think it's sust a desire to help those people in the world certificate or other recognition. that need help. Ben Do you think volunteers should be paidfor their costs? Q.7c Food program in Melbourne Fredric Ben Your thoughts about Katie and her volunteer work? Well, now that you mention it, yes, I think you would probably get more people volunteering if it didn't actually cost them to be a volunteer. I think it would be a good idea if volunteers were Fredric reimbursed for any out-of-pocket costs incurred. Well, she looks like someone who is doing volunteer work in her local community. She's Q.7 images of volunteers obviously helping out at a food kitchen for poor or homeless people. I don't want to be rude, but she looks like someone who is "in retirement". She obviously has plenty of spare time. Again, I don't doubt she's doing it out of a desire to help those in need, but also it probably gives her a Ben I'd like to show you some photos of volunteers at work. For each, please give your thoughts about the situation and the people, what you think of their contributions and of their motivations. Interviewer: show Images of Volunteers card
