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Voluntary organisations, driven by social responsibility, not profit, significantly impact social change. Their strategies involve raising awareness through campaigns and rallies on issues like health and education; financing projects focused on social improvement, including poverty reduction via charity events; initiating projects like building hospitals and schools creating jobs and services; offering international aid during crises like famine and disease; and collaborating with local communities on initiatives such as environmental conservation to improve public health.

Strategies refer to action plans meant to achieve an aim.
Voluntary organisations are groups that offer society service at their own will
without being infl uenced or motivated by pay.
These organisations play a huge role in social change. Some of the strategies they
employ include:
• Creating awareness on social change, national campaigns, caravans
and rallies. Social issues such as education, health and religion can be
championed.
• Through fi nancing and funding projects which touch on social improvement.
This include poverty eradication. This can be done on social areas such as
organising charity events to support the poor.
• Individuals and non-governmental organisations can initiate projects such
as construction of hospitals, schools and cultural centres. These can create
employment and offer social services.
• International organisations play a huge role in offering help during
calamities such as drought, famine, confl ict and disease outbreaks. This
goes a long way in helping the communities that are socially affected.
• The volunteer organisations can co-operate with local communities on
initiatives such as environmental cleaning and conservation. This can reduce
the risks of contracting diseases such as malaria and typhoid.