Many people wish to help people and engage in charity, but very often this good thought remains only with a thought, because in order to help those in need, they need money, and the citizens of our country have enough salary to salaries. What to do if there is a desire to do good, but there is no financial opportunity? There is a way out, you can become a volunteer, that is, help people not with money, but with your actions or even words. So, how to become a volunteer, what rights and obligations voluntary assistants have, we will consider in this article.
How to become a volunteer
Any adult citizen who has a desire to bring joy and good to others can become a volunteer. If the teenager is 14 years old, then he can become a volunteer with the written consent of his parents. Neither social status, nor gender, nor financial situation and education will become an obstacle to become a volunteer.
Decide in which charity organization (or maybe several) you would like to become a volunteer. It can be hospitals, orphanages, animal protection societies, Greenpeace, Red Cross, various international organizations- a rather large choice. Contact the representatives of the selected organization and offer your voluntary assistant services. At the interview, you will need to provide the necessary documents and write an application for an appointment with a volunteer.
How to become a volunteer
For young people and girls, it will be interesting to participate in volunteer international projects is a chance to see the world and visit many countries and cities. Here you can choose a country that you dream of visiting and finding out what volunteer projects exist on its territory. It is best to start searching for information in the spring, at this time it appears on the Internet. Having chosen the project, you have to draw up a motivational letter, a “business card” in which you should indicate why you want to participate in the project, your goals, desires and opportunities. The letter should be fascinating and interesting.
In case of positive consideration of your candidacy, representatives of the volunteer organization will represent your interests in the international project, namely: send your motivational letters to the organizers of the project, solve any issues related to participation in this project. In any case, they need to contact the volunteer organizations very often, they conduct trainings how to become a volunteer and give useful tips regarding the work of a volunteer.
Having received an invitation to an international project, do not forget to make a visa and prepare all the necessary documents. The only minus of participation in international volunteer projects- you will have to independently pay the road to the volunteer project (and vice versa).
In the last days before departure, you should receive an information letter from either a volunteer organization or directly from the host countries. It will indicate the place of the meeting of volunteers, how more convenient to get, telephones for communication, etc.
How to become a volunteer
Whatever organization you choose, the work of the volunteer carries a certain set of rules and responsibilities:
The volunteer must sincerely help those in need, and not act by duress;
The volunteer is obliged to maintain the goals and objectives of the fund, the representative of which he is;
The volunteer must be ready to work for free;
Volunteers should attend various trainings and seminars to master new skills that will help him provide better assistance to others;
The volunteer has the right to choose the type of voluntary assistance that he likes;
The volunteer has the right to express his opinion on the work of a volunteer organization, to propose his decisions and ideas;
The volunteer can at any time take off the status of a voluntary assistant to a charitable organization.
As can be seen from the above, it is not difficult to become a volunteer, the main thing is that your desire to change the world for the better is sincere and disinterested.