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Similar to other developing countriesThe Kenyan non-profit sector workforce is 2.1 percent of the economically-activepopulation. This is larger than those in most other developingand transitional countries, where the figure is 1.9 percent. Indeveloped countries, the non-profit sector workforce constitutes 7.4percent. The Kenyan figure is higher than the developing and transitionalcountry average but much smaller than those in the developedcountries. Consequently, it falls well below the all-country average,which is 4.4 percent. The Kenyan non-profit sector workforce is alsosmaller than those in other African countries, which average 2.5 percentof the economically-active population.Table 6: Non-profit workforce as a share of the economically-activepopulation by different kinds of countryDeveloped countries 7.4%Kenya 2.1%Developing and transitional countries 2 1.9%36 country study 3 4.4.%Source: Johns Hopkins Comparative Non-Profit Sector ProjectAttracts volunteersThe Kenyan non-profit sector not only employs a significant numberof paid workers, but also involves the work of thousands of volunteers.About 114,000 volunteers made up the equivalent of 250 full timeworkers in the sector in 2000. These 114,000 volunteers, both menand women, illustrate the very nature of the sector; volunteerism as animportant component of the sector.The survey data suggests that the actual number of people who volunteeris significantly higher - almost 1 million people, or approximately6 percent of the adult population. On the whole, volunteer participationin Kenya is slightly above the developing and transitional2 Transitional countries is used in the Johns Hopkins Study to refer to Central and Eastern Europecountries – Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.3 The John Hopkins Study has data from the following 36 countries: Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland, US,UK, Israel, France, Norway, Sweden, Australia, Germany, Finland, Austria, Argentina, Spain, Japan,Italy, South Africa, Egypt, Peru, South Korea, Colombia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Czech Republic,Philippines, Morocco, Brazil, Hungary, India, Pakistan, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, MexicoChapter 3 Size and Scope of Non-Profit Sector 11
country and all country averages. Figure 4 compares Kenya’s share ofvolunteers against other countries.Figure 4: Volunteers as a share of the sector workforce, Kenya,developing and transitional countries, and 36 countriesKenya39%Developing andtransitionalcountries37%35 countries 38%0 10 20 30 40 50Percent of civil society workforceSource: Johns Hopkins Comparative Non-Profit Sector ProjectIn Kenya, the majority of the volunteers are in the development andhousing sub-sector, which accounts for about 23.6 percent of the totalnumber of volunteers. Other sub-sectors with relatively high volunteerismare education and research (9.8%), health (9.8%), culture andrecreation (5.5%) and environment (3.6%). The findings also showthat volunteering is considered a religious and moral obligation. Themajority of the volunteers do so because their religions require themto do so. 4Huge membershipThe estimate for total membership of non-profit organisations inKenya was about 5 million members in 2000, or about 17 percent ofthe national population. The non-profit sector draws a wide range ofmembers distributed among different activity areas, as can be seen inTable 7:4 See The Giving and Volunteering in Kenya. IDS Mimeo12The Non-Profit Sector In Kenya
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