The objective of the thesis is to determine the role of volunteer non-governmental organizations in Vietnamese and Indonesian society. The first part of the thesis addresses the theoretical information about volunteerism, civil society and non-governmental organizations both generally and with focus on Vietnam and Indonesia. The second part is practical ?partly quantitative and partly qualitative research based on questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. This research was conducted in the Vietnamese non-governmental organization SJ Vietnam and the Indonesian non-governmental organization IIWC. The questions aim to discover what the position of SJ Vietnam and IIWC are in their society, how they are perceived by local community, what impact their activities have on local communities, why they chose to work with volunteers and what motivates volunteers to join these organizations . The results show that both organizations are strong elements of their society. Both organizations increase the level of education of children in the communities where they work and bring positive thoughts into the children´s daily lives.The objective of the thesis is to determine the role of volunteer non-governmental organizations in Vietnamese and Indonesian society. The first part of the thesis addresses the theoretical information about volunteerism, civil society and non-governmental organizations both generally and with focus on Vietnam and Indonesia. The second part is practical ?partly quantitative and partly qualitative research based on questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. This research was conducted in the Vietnamese non-governmental organization SJ Vietnam and the Indonesian non-governmental organization IIWC. The questions aim to discover what the position of SJ Vietnam and IIWC are in their society, how they are perceived by local community, what impact their activities have on local communities, why they chose to work with volunteers and what motivates volunteers to join these organizations . The results show that both organizations are strong elements of their society. Both organizations increase the level of education of children in the communities where they work and bring positive thoughts into the children´s daily lives.