Volunteerism is an action at free will directed in offering of service to others. The general notion of it being that receiver will be benefitted. Though this belief if valid, most of the time the opposite is also true. The volunteer who offers help gets more benefited than the receiver.
The benefit to volunteer can range from the psychological satisfaction derived from helping others to numerous other benefits like access to vast network of like-minded kind people, improvement in interpersonal communication, confidence boost-up, etc.
For a nation where volunteering is an established culture, the country benefits the most because of the proactive nature of its citizens. These proactive citizens have a positive mindset, who are optimistic and of cooperative nature. In Nepal the concept of volunteerism has been popularized with the proliferation of social organization like Rotary clubs,
Lions club, Scouts, Red cross and many other I/NGOS’s. A contemporary example can be the success of Bagmati river cleaning program since a long period of time.
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| A quote that always motivates me to help others. |
(Published in The Himalayan Times, dated March 18, 2015)
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