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"Ethical and mental satisfaction is the best pay for the volunteers"

Stelios Piakis

O Στέλιος Πιακής είναι συντονιστής εθελοντών στον οργανισμό «Φροντίδα», που προσφέρει υπηρεσίες φροντίδας ηλικιωμένων Source: Supplied

Six million people are volunteers in Australia, dedicating 932 million hours of their personal time to people in need.


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By Stergos Kastelloriou

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Six million people are volunteers in Australia, dedicating 932 million hours of their personal time to people in need.


Approximately one billion people are volunteers worldwide, while in Australia this number exceeds six million people.

The volunteers offer their spare time, with the psychological and moral satisfaction, to be their only pay states Stelios Piakis, volunteer coordinator at Fronditha Care, organisation who provides care services for the elderly.


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