The government has trained nearly 50, 000 community volunteers in disaster management, and the country has more than 3, 000 cyclone shelters, many of which double as schools.

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Many of these volunteers have backgrounds in fields like management or accounting, he says.

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Her career in the United Nations includes assignments in financial and human resource management of the United Nations Volunteers Programme, the United Nations Protection Force in Croatia and the United Nations Development Programme.

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The facilitator is responsible for day-to-day management of the CLC, including the development and organisation of training programmes and activities, information campaigns about new activities within the community, mobilising volunteers from the community, and the administrative management of the CLC.

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If alternative funding or volunteers are found, the council would remain responsible for the management, supervision and training for the service.

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In addition to companionship, volunteers provide a wide range of assistance tailored to the needs of the elders, including help with home management, grocery shopping and meal preparation as well as accompanying them to doctor's appointments.

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Yale School of Management, meanwhile, plans to try out the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test on volunteers from its current batch of applicants in coming weeks.

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