The United Nations (UN) is a global community created to help countries in a time of crises or work on large-scale issues such as climate change. In terms of economic goals, the UN has the ability to go into developing or poverty stricken countries to provide funding but often this is just to ‘fix’ the problem rather then solve it.

ARC initiative focuses are creating long term sustainable teachings. They work on a much smaller scale to improve businesses and economic well being. The way the UN is similar to this is their program of fully funded volunteers who are deployed for 1-4 year periods and “… complete assignments in specific thematic and/or programmatic areas and countries that correspond to the priorities of both UNV and the funding partner.” This is a very key sentence. The volunteers must carry out the goals of their funding partner however; this might not necessarily bet what the people need. It may help, but is it sustainable?

ARC initiative ensures that they tailor their program to the community they are serving because they are not necessarily carrying out someone else’s orders as the UN volunteers may be. This is not to say UN volunteers are just listening to instructions, but because of ARS smaller scale, they have more freedom to change their programs to best suit the situation.

United Nations Volunteers: Fully Funded Volunteers.” United Nations Volunteers: Fully Funded Volunteers. 1 Jan. 2013. Web. 13 Nov. 2014. <http://www.unv.org/partners/funding-modalities/fully-funded-volunteers.html>

ARC Initiative – Student Internships.”Student Internships. UBC Sauder School of Business, 7 Oct. 2014. Web. 13 Nov. 2014. <http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Global_Reach/ARC_Initiative/Programs/Student_Internships>