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19.04.2020 22:10 •  Английский язык

Необходимо нормально (не просто переводчиком) перевести текст и ответить на вопросы на английском языке. What does volunteerism mean?
The clothing manufacturer, Timberland, is one of many large companies that are committed to volunteerism. The company encourages staff to spend up to 40 paid hours a year on community and social projects. The community benefits from the company’s resources, staff gain new skills and teamwork improves.
The French food manufacturer, Danone, allows its employees to spend time in developing countries, working on projects in areas like conservation, teaching, caring, or building. In doing so, they can share their own skills, and at the same time, they gain new ideas and insights, and learn from the experiences of others.
A team from the banking group, HBOS, volunteered to help build an extension to a school in La Esperanza in Honduras. Linda Marshall, the project leader, said, T learnt that when new teams are forming, it is essential that objectives are agreed and everyone buys into them. This is a crucial factor to any project’s success.’

What can volunteering do for you?
Software engineer, Samira Khan, is in charge of a volunteer project to redecorate a community centre for the elderly in Chicago. Managing a project is a new experience for her. She is learning how to organize a schedule so that they are able to complete the project before its deadline. She also has to deal with the budget, which is fairly limited, so she has to spend carefully. And every few days, she gets updates from her project team to check on progress and decide if they need more resources. She finds working on this project very rewarding and is pleased to be learning new skills.
Вопросы:
1 What is volunteerism?
2 What sorts of things can employee volunteers do?
3 Who benefits from volunteering and how?
4 What has Samira Khan learnt from her project?