Volunteers Vital In Helping Govt Implement Social Development Programmes

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 (Bernama) -- Volunteers can play an important role in assisting the government to implement its social development programmes, Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk G. Palanivel said.
A voluntary social support system could be an important link between the community and the government so that the government's social development programmes could have an extensive outreach, he said.
The private sector should also play its role in encouraging volunteerism among employees while the media should highlight the role of local volunteers and voluntary groups, he said at an appreciation dinner for volunteers organised by Yayasan Strategik Sosial (YSS) here Saturday night.
He told the 350 volunteers present that without their assistance, his ministry would not have been able to reach out do to so many people.
The ministry was happy with the work done by YSS in carrying out social intervention programmes in high risk areas throughout the country with government funding, he said.