Embracing the viewpoint of give and take, the 21st century’s young generation is showing their growing willingness to help people. The emergence and development of volunteering campaigns are well answered by a prevalent tendency among young people to take part in such activities. While many people regard volunteering as meaningful actions, others still think that they are just a waste of time. Personally, although there are a few drawbacks, the benefits that one can have by being a volunteer far outweigh them.
Initially, volunteering is, by all means, one of the most practical ways to create great values in the society. The first one is without doubt for the underprivileged. In this materialistic world exist those who aren’t even able to live on the most basic necessities, namely food, drink and accommodation, or people who are alive, but bedridden and are struggling in despair. Volunteering means lending a hand to the miserable so that they can step one step closer to overcoming their hardships. It involves helping reconstruct houses for disaster-stricken areas or bringing knowledge to children in remote areas who, like all children, also share the desire to learn. What’s more, volunteering helps create positive attitudes among people in the society. When we extend a helping hand to the disadvantaged, they will also be willing to help other people. Moreover, helping someone unconditionally would also kindle the urge to do good deeds within the society.
Volunteering is not only meaningful to the ones being helped, it is also beneficial to the volunteers themselves. Through volunteerism, young people will learn a multitude of new things such as practical knowledge and skills essential for life. For example, a diverse array of knowledge about local cultures can be acquired as young helpers come to other regions to offer support. Carrying out popular projects like “Green Summer” also allows experiences of teamwork, task management, and project planning. Besides, young voluntary enthusiasts also gain great sentimental values. Meeting new people strengthens one’s ties to the community and broadens his social network, exposing him to people with common interests. On top of that, a sense of fun and fulfillment when we can be helpful to others will be achieved. Voluntary work offers motivation and visions that can carry over into personal and professional life as well.
Volunteering, on the other hand, still has certain negatives for the young. To begin, young volunteers are likely to be in a state of culture shock or come across the language barrier between regions. In other words, each region has its own culture and dialect, which can lead to awkward misunderstandings. Inexperienced volunteers, in particular, will have a difficult time trying to adapt. The other side of the coin worth considering is whether all volunteers really have a truly helpful purpose when joining such so-called charitable campaigns or not. To illustrate this, every contribution to the society that volunteers or university students make will be documented in their résume, which makes them promising applicants in job interview or scholarship programs. This consequently leads to the general misconception of voluntary spirit, as people are concerned only with obtaining a good profile and neglect the true merits of volunteerism.
In conclusion, more and more people in the young generation today are eager to do voluntary work. Although one might encounter difficulties like culture shock, language barriers or even be lured by good opportunities afterward, they still bring many valuable benefits to others as well as to themselves in return.
Embracing the viewpoint of give and take, the 21st century’s
young
generation is showing their growing willingness to
help
people
. The emergence and development of
volunteering
campaigns are well answered by a prevalent tendency among
young
people
to
take part
in such activities. While
many
people
regard
volunteering
as meaningful actions, others
still
think
that they are
just
a waste of time.
Personally
, although there are a few drawbacks, the benefits that one can have by being a
volunteer
far outweigh them.
Initially
,
volunteering
is, by all means, one of the most practical ways to create great values in the society. The
first
one is without
doubt for
the underprivileged. In this materialistic world exist those who aren’t even able to
live
on the most
basic necessities
,
namely
food, drink and accommodation, or
people
who are alive,
but
bedridden and are struggling in despair.
Volunteering
means lending a hand to the miserable
so
that they can step one step closer to overcoming their hardships. It involves helping reconstruct
houses
for disaster-stricken areas or bringing knowledge to children in remote areas who, like all children,
also
share the desire to learn. What’s more,
volunteering
helps
create
positive
attitudes among
people
in the society. When we extend a helping hand to the disadvantaged, they will
also
be willing to
help
other
people
.
Moreover
, helping someone
unconditionally
would
also
kindle the urge to do
good
deeds within the society.
Volunteering is not
only
meaningful to the
ones
being
helped
, it is
also
beneficial to the
volunteers
themselves. Through volunteerism,
young
people
will learn a multitude of new things such as practical knowledge and
skills
essential for life.
For example
, a diverse array of knowledge about local
cultures
can
be acquired
as
young
helpers
come
to
other
regions to offer support. Carrying out popular projects like “Green Summer”
also
allows
experiences of teamwork, task management, and project planning.
Besides
,
young
voluntary
enthusiasts
also
gain great sentimental values. Meeting new
people
strengthens
one’s ties to the community and broadens his social network, exposing him to
people
with common interests.
On top of that
, a sense of fun and fulfillment when we can be helpful to others will
be achieved
.
Voluntary
work offers motivation and visions that can carry over into personal and professional life
as well
.
Volunteering, on the
other
hand,
still
has certain negatives for the
young
. To
begin
,
young
volunteers
are likely to be in a state of
culture
shock or
come
across the language barrier between regions. In
other
words, each region has its
own
culture
and dialect, which can lead to awkward misunderstandings. Inexperienced
volunteers
,
in particular
, will have a difficult time trying to adapt. The
other
side of the coin worth considering is whether all
volunteers
really
have a
truly
helpful purpose when joining such
so
-called charitable campaigns or not. To illustrate this, every contribution to the society that
volunteers
or university students
make
will
be documented
in their
résume
, which
makes
them promising applicants in job interview or scholarship programs. This
consequently
leads to the general misconception of
voluntary
spirit, as
people
are concerned
only
with obtaining a
good
profile and neglect the true merits of volunteerism.
In conclusion
, more and more
people
in the
young
generation
today
are eager to do
voluntary
work. Although one might encounter difficulties like
culture
shock, language barriers or even
be lured
by
good
opportunities afterward, they
still
bring
many
valuable benefits to others
as well
as to themselves in return.
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