What is the difference between membership and volunteering in the Red Cross?

Membership in the Red Cross of Ukraine is the organizational support of the national society. Every citizen who has made a membership fee for a fixed amount receives a membership card, which entitles him to participate in the regular elections of the governing bodies of an organization of the Society. The funds paid for the membership card are spent on ensuring the activities of the Society. A member of the Red Cross Society of Ukraine may be citizens of Ukraine and foreign citizens who recognize the Charter of the Society, the Code of Conduct for members, volunteers and employees of the Society. All members of the Society acquire the status of a member after paying the entrance fee and receiving a ticket of a member of the Society.

Volunteers work in a variety of fields. This includes helping the elderly at home, working with young children, participating in campaigns and campaigns to combat the spread of socially dangerous diseases, and much more – everyone chooses the direction in which he sees himself best.

Volunteers also have unique characteristics, including personal motivation and local involvement. Volunteers are part of the community. They know the needs and capabilities of the people they interact with because they are already among them.

A volunteer may or may not be a member of the Society, just as a member of the Society may or may not be a volunteer. Both membership and volunteering in the Society are exclusively voluntary.