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« Thread Started on Oct 2, 2007, 4:29pm » | |
Dear All,
I am putting together a Volunteer page that will feature success stories of volunteering. Please answer the following questions in a paragraph or two.
Have you ever volunteered? What was the experience like? What did you do? How did you make an impact on the person you affected? How can we inspire other youth to volunteer?
Please submit your paragraph today. It will be featured on a special Volunteer page; in which other youth will read about your stories and, hopefully, be inspired by them.
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« Reply #1 on Oct 3, 2007, 12:03pm » | |
Well... I help once to clean a long coastal area, where we found many many disgusting stuff!!! I also prepared a broshure(7 pages long I think) for ActionAid Hellas, where I informed people about ActionAid and how they could help. I think they were succeful.
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« Reply #2 on Oct 3, 2007, 4:22pm » | |
ok thanks. This thread can also be about a project you did; have you ever fundraised for an organization? (UNICEF, etc.)
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« Reply #3 on Oct 4, 2007, 1:36pm » | |
well I have fundraised in Hellenic Center of Cancer with many other students of my old school. The center is doing researches about the cancer, it tests many poor people and so on... It was actually very very funny...  I liked it...:) you?
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« Reply #4 on Oct 4, 2007, 1:55pm » | |
At school we had this annual day were we could make up projects like baking waffles that sort of stuff to raise money for the school's charity, it went to an orphanage and school they build in eastern Europe.. One year I sold roses with little quotations on them like, "Friends are the family we choose for ourselves" wisdom thingy's like that, on the market which was really difficult for me because I'm rather shy and I had to ask strangers on a very busy market if they would buy my roses lol but it was great and we made good money .. And the year before that I helped out with a group that had a pudding trow idea.. when you payed 50 cents you could trow pudding at teachers and students *who really stood there not pictures* and I did that as well.. I was all covered in pudding lol..
I also did some charitable work in a elderly people house which was a lot of fun.. I just went there have a chat with these people who don't get a lot of visitors and whose days are really boring for the most part but anyways it was great and they're so appreciative And at elimentary school we always ran for money to give to charities..
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« Reply #6 on Oct 5, 2007, 9:44am » | |
nice work Jenny! I wish I could throw a pudding to some teachers 
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« Reply #7 on Oct 5, 2007, 11:42am » | |
hahahah yeah that was cool.. 
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« Reply #8 on Oct 5, 2007, 5:04pm » | |
Great work you guys!
Personally, I thank the IB Programme for letting me experience different areas of volunteering. In these last two years I've done about 340 hours of social labour, including:
1.) Working with children in 5 or 6 different schools.
2.) Travelling to Cajamarca to do different kinds of creative help.
3.) Doing Impro, an activity where I had to improvise a comic scene to an audience and entertain them for a while.
4.) Working with the elderly for about a month.
5.) Working with girls my age for two months.
And other things that are not directly related with other people, but still counted as CAS hours for IB. I feel really happy with these activities, they have undoubtedly helped me improve as a person
Sidenote: So put your kids in the IB Diploma programme, folks! Lol, kidding.
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« Reply #9 on Oct 5, 2007, 5:07pm » | |
Oh and I have one small article I made about my trip to Cajamarca (which kind of is babble talk because I didn't mean some of those things.. I liked other experiences better, like picking up the trash. THAT WAS SO COOL )
On our second day in Cajamarca, my group (C) and I visited Huayapongo School, half an hour away from Hacienda Collpa. At first, I thought the car stopped in their school playground, as they were all expecting us on a place I assumed was the patio. Then I realized it was the road next to the school; cars and trucks were passing by.
We played several games there with the kids for about half an hour, and then entered each grade’s class. My subgroup, C2, had to teach English to first and second grade. I thought it would be simple, but it was not. They had to learn how to say: “My name is…”, “Good morning”, “Good afternoon”, “Goodnight” and the primary colours. You had to repeat them how to pronounce each name and answer every question several times. I was the one in charge of teaching the colours. We wrote the names of each colour (red, green, yellow and blue) on the blackboard, and had to pronounce the “r” in a different way, because the children could not articulate it correctly.
Many were very enthusiastic, and when they knew the name of a colour, we gave him or her some candy. I feel a bit guilty for damaging their teeth, but they were really grateful and did not bother at all. After that, the teacher showed us how to dance the Cashua, a typical dance of Cajamarca. We had fun dancing with the kids and listening to the music. Shortly after, the children left and we ate some typical food of Cajamarca. Later, from three to five o’clock, we had to fix some elements of their rooms; my group had to build murals. It was the first time I was able to nail a nail properly. Then we varnished the wood and signed with our names at the back.
Visiting these schools helped me face other realities which are present in my own country. These kids do not have the facilities we have here; there is no wooden floor, only cement or soil. There is no water available easily, except bottled water in a store next to the school. There are no bathrooms: there are wholes in the ground. Is this fair? Shouldn’t we help them?
This experience also helped me developing my teaching dynamics, because it is very difficult to get six year olds to pay you any attention at all! At the end of the day, I felt everyone involved in InterCAS, apart of being tired, felt satisfied and grateful of having aided these people. Finally, they danced some other typical songs and we left. I hope I can return there some day.
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« Reply #10 on Oct 6, 2007, 3:46am » | |
Nice exprerience Vic!
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« Reply #11 on Oct 7, 2007, 8:07pm » | |
Awesome Vic! I'm watching football right now, so I'll post it tomorrow sometime
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« Reply #12 on Oct 8, 2007, 11:51am » | |
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« Reply #13 on Oct 8, 2007, 7:47pm » | |
Ok added. Thanks allot Vic (great article), and keep 'em coming guys!
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« Reply #14 on Oct 10, 2007, 11:58pm » | |
hey, the page looks great Zach, have a karma... and the stories u've shared are really good, I wish I could volunteer someday!
If so I'll post my experience in here for sure
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« Reply #15 on Oct 11, 2007, 3:26pm » | |
Thanks for the karma Noor!
Haha. Ok, when you do; REMEMBER this thread!
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« Reply #16 on Oct 15, 2007, 6:38am » | |
Quote:| Awesome Vic! I'm watching football right now, so I'll post it tomorrow sometime |
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Haha Zach, enjoy watching the football 'cos all work without play makes a Jack a doll dog...hahaa I love football too.
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« Reply #17 on Oct 15, 2007, 3:49pm » | |
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Haha Zach, enjoy watching the football 'cos all work without play makes a Jack a doll dog...hahaa I love football too. |
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Haha awesome You know I mean American Football, right? Not soccer Hehe.
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« Reply #18 on Oct 17, 2007, 6:53am » | |
One of my favorite things is to volunteer! I love the feeling when you make someone's day better; even if its as simple as helping someone with homework after school. Joining your school or church's volunteer group, or creating your own, will definately help you in the future. Volunteering also looks great on your resumé.
One of the things I do every year is the CROP Walk. Me, and many people from my church, walk for those in Africa who walk many miles to the nearest water pump every single day. This event, and many events like it nationwide, is organized by Church World Service.
I have also been part of an event called "Give Us 4 Day", where we volunteer four hours to helping elderly people rake leaves, wash windows, etc. This is one of my favorite events, as I can get to know some of the people we are helping. Besides doing the usual food and clothing drive; during my school trip to Peru, we played with the elementary school kids in a poor community there. This experience was mindblowingI have also volunteered doing office work at my church, worked at a homeless shelter through my church's "Fast That Lasts" program, among others.
I think if more people volunteered, the world would definately be filled with more happiness; and would be a better place...
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« Reply #19 on Oct 22, 2007, 9:54am » | |
During my summer vacations this year I worked as a volunteer at the SOS Children's Village in Lahore which is a social welfare organization for orphans and abandoned children. The experience was wonderful! There were many students of my age there volunteering with me. Every volunteer was assigned one student, usually between 6 to 11 years and we had to help them out with their holiday homework. It was a lot of fun going there and helping the children. Ihad to teach a child who was about 6 and in kindergarden. Though it was very difficult to make him study as he always tried to make me play with him and made excuses for not studying(like"my hand is hurting, I can't write"). I always had give him little treats like candirs and toys to make him study. However, it was an aw some experience and the best part was that our students called us teachers and it felt sooo nice and powerful  I stayed there for a week and I literally cried when it was time to leave because I live in another city, so I couldn't visit Hamza(my student) again.  It felt really good to know that you have done something to help others and let me tell all of you that voluteering is a lot of fun and all of you should do it.
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