It is doing so by making its grant programme more flexible in terms of volunteers' time commitment, and by creating more value-added project opportunities that fit better with working adults' skills and interests.
These Youth Expedition Projects (YEPs) are administered by the National Youth Council and funded by the People's Association.
Under the programme, volunteers aged between 15 and 35 years old get a subsidy of up to 50 per cent of their participation costs.
Since 2001, more than 26,000 youths have gone on over 1,300 expeditions to ASEAN countries as well as India and China for international Service-Learning projects.
Some of the work volunteers do overseas include helping to repaint village schools and set up facilities such as libraries.
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