Volunteering

After school, there’s many interesting activities to do. You can play basketball. Volleyball or
other sports . You can also spend time on video game, chatting, surfing on the internet. You can
also do chores aswell as other houseworks . But others may wander if there’s any kind of
outdoor activities they can do to help the community . The answer is YES, ofcourse . All over the
world from US, UK to China, India and even VN,many teens today tend to take part in that
wholesome activities . And do u know what i’m talking ‘bout ? It’s the VOLUNTARY WORKS
WHAT IS VOLUNTARY WORK ?
Voluntary work in general is something you do without wanting to be paid for it , especially if it
‘s helpful to the community . Today, there’s many people need help. They can be children, can
be adults , and even the old . But they are all in bad condition of life , or they are disable , or
their country have just overcome a natural disaster ,etc. Despite of the different types of
difficulties , they all need our help . And the voluntary work is the bridge to bring us more
closer to them . We can give them power to get over all the problem .
It’s quite an interesting work . So now come on to get more about this ^^
TYPES OF WORK
• Social care - Typical roles include: advice worker (e.g. advising on consumer, legal and
employment issues); drug user support worker; kitchen assistant for homeless people;
visit the retirement home or the orphanage, project organiser.

• Environment and Animals - Typical roles include: conservation volunteer;
researcher; animal fosterer; farming assistant; rescue worker; fundraiser.
• Education and Youth Work - Typical roles include: literacy/numeracy tutor; IT tutor;
Girl Guides/Scout leader; youth leader; student tutor in schools, student tutor in the
highland in your vacation
• Children and Families - Typical roles include: befriender; childsitter; telephone
counsellor; crèche worker; mentor.
• Health - Typical roles include: hospital “buddy” (i.e. providing friendship to people in
long term care); information officer; providing therapeutic care (e.g. massages for those
in hospitals, hospices and respite care); ward helpers; care worker
• Arts, Sports and Culture - Typical roles include: music group facilitator; choir
organiser; crafts group support assistant; historic house guide; lifeguard; sports coach;

referee.
• Community Development - Typical roles include: community radio staff; assistant in
children and women’s groups; journalist (community magazines/newspapers).
• Working with the Elderly - Typical roles include: IT teacher; mini bus driver; café
assistant; social club helper; day care assistant.
BENEFITS OF VOLUNTEERING
• Learning new skills – these can include practical skills as well as ‘soft’ skills such as
communication, time management and problem solving.
• Experience – you can gain valuable experience for an area that you would like a
career in, for example teaching, PR or social work. The same is true if you need
experience to be considered for a vocational course. Volunteering also offers you a ‘safe’
environment in which to test out certain career areas to see if they are something that
you wish to pursue.
• Meeting new people - volunteering allows you to meet people outwith your own
social circle. These can be students from other degree courses and universities, people in
a different age group from you and people from different backgrounds. It can be a
chance to find out more about the community you live in outside of university. In these
situations you will no doubt form friendships but you will also find this an opportunity for
you to network now and in the future.
• ‘Teach your heart how to love each other ‘- for some people volunteering is
entirely altruistic. <the fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people
more than your own>
• Learning more about a cause - if there is a cause that you have a special affinity
with, then through volunteering with a relevant organisation you can learn more about it.
• Improving confidence and feeling of self-worth - being an important part of a
team or being highly valued by an individual you are working with can do wonders for
your self-esteem.
NOTE
Before you get started you should be clear about how much time you can devote
If you find an opportunity that you are interested in you should find out as much as you can about it

Find out in advance as much as you can about what the placement will involve so that things like the standard of
accommodation or number of hours you are requested to work don’t come as a surprise when you get there!
IN conclusion, on the whole, I think , the voluntary work is very helpful not only to the
community but also to us . It bring us together and raise the love between people and people .
Morover , VOLUNTEERING seems to make our life less hard , make our life more meaningful and
it really contributes to a better world for all of us …