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The Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions was an organization founded in 1886 that sought to recruit college and university students in the United States for missionary service abroad. It also sought to publicize and encourage the missionary enterprise in general.
They became known as the “Mount Hermon Hundred” and later, as more members joined, became the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions (SVM) in 1888. [1] Wilder continued his recruitment work, and from 1886 to 1887, he reached out to students at over 162 educational institutions, recruiting 2,000 students to become foreign ...
In an extended period of furlough he was a traveling representative for the Student Volunteer Movement, and his speaking ability in motivating for missions was legendary. [19] His itinerary was herculean: in America in 1914 he gave 151 addresses in 113 days across the country. [20] W.H.T. Gairdner called him 'a steam engine in breeches'. [20]
The Student Volunteer Movement worked among the 200,000 or more college students of North America, while the Young People's Missionary Movement among the 14,000,000 Sunday-school scholars, the 5,000,000 members of the young people's societies, and among other unorganized young people in the United States and Canada.
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During the 1960s and 1970s a movement of volunteerism and study abroad programs became popular among university students and graduates and the United Nations launched the UN Volunteers programme for young professionals to take part in a long-term (two year plus) overseas programme. [13] [4]
The Student Volunteer Army (SVA) is a New Zealand student movement born from a Facebook page started following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.The network has no military affiliation and is focused on facilitating community action through youth engagement, preparing for disasters, and service. [1]
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