CVSS calls for more investment to strengthen volunteer sector

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chair of the Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS), Kerry Scott, is calling for greater investment in training, technology and partnerships to strengthen the sector’s capacity to respond to future emergencies and support national development.

He was addressing the CVSS’s biennial National Volunteer Conference, held recently, at the AC Hotel in Kingston, under the theme, ‘Crisis to Capacity: Building a Future-Ready Volunteer Ecosystem for a Resilient Jamaica’.

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According to a release from CVSS, Scott said that while Jamaican volunteers had consistently demonstrated compassion, solidarity and a willingness to serve, particularly during times of crisis, the country must move beyond spontaneous responses towards a more coordinated, strategic and sustainable approach to volunteerism.