Volunteering program has recently met its growth in the number of organization, and number of participants. It has also been diverse in the aspects of program contents and regions. Especially college students who participate volunteering abroad have s...
Volunteering program has recently met its growth in the number of organization, and number of participants. It has also been diverse in the aspects of program contents and regions. Especially college students who participate volunteering abroad have started participating more vigorously in order to meet the society's needs and to fulfill the need of self-actualization. The purpose of present study is to analyze the effect of volunteering abroad program organized by college in terms of the formation of social network and communication. Data was collected by Hansung University volunteering abroad program, term9(as experienced group) and term10(unexperienced group) over the period of Oct. 23 thru Oct. 30. The total of 28 questionnaires from term9 and 34 from10 were collected without sampling. The results were as following: 1) Network formed during the preparation(for 2 months), actual volunteering period, and after the volunteering had positive effect on the pride of college and self-confidence. 2) Diverse communication channels were adopted within the college community and also toward society thru newspaper(in Korea, and in Kazakhstan), radio program(in Korea, and in Central Asia), and internet blogs. 3) Comparing two groups(term 9 as after volunteering group and term 10 as before volunteering group) in terms of meanings assigned to volunteering abroad showed that experienced group mentioned more about ‘happiness, passion, self-confidence’ than unexperienced group. Unexperienced group mentioned more about ‘effort, sacrifice, difficulties’ than experienced group. Volunteering abroad program organized by Hansung University was effective in forming assertive feelings among the participants.