Americans are taught to the Russian people be human? The official website of the UN in early October, a report was published on the fight against poverty and hunger. 842 million people in the world still suffer from malnutrition. They try to help international organizations - FAO, IFAD , WFP ... Comes to mind banal , but that does not cease to be relevant thought: one-seventh of the worlds population is starving, while some people eat for breakfast monthly rate of African children . Not to mention the existence of multibillionaires and companies with trillions of money in circulation ... All this, of course, does not mean that we should immediately empty the refrigerator and throw your own feed all the hungry around. Or rushed to do charity work on their average salary , stipend. But does this mean that we should not do anything ? And if you must , then what is it? Where in the world there is such a stark contrast between the very rich and the very poor , can the middle men to do something for those who are much worse than his own ? To answer this question, I decided to talk with the volunteers - my peers who have decided to help others for free . Klevtsova Valeria , 19 years old : I have been doing volunteer work in the U.S., when he went to study at the exchange . This was a necessary condition of my stay in this country. , However, and I was very interested to know what is this - do not work for money, but for the benefit of society? Furthermore, it was , and the simple desire to help people in need of support . We handed out food and personal care to the poor, cared for the local church , and I was a waitress at a local hospital . was not easy , but very informative. and nice. for that , in addition to new experiences and new people , and you get a priceless : Thank you . Grand Total - pleasant fatigue and positive emotions. Unfortunately, in Russia volunteering is not as popular and easily available, so here I have not tried their hand . But it just yet ! .. Volsky Svetlana , 21 years old : I helped with the animals shelters , the elderly , the handicapped , and worked as a volunteer interpreter at different events . Motives were all slightly different. Talking about people and animals , then I moved , most likely , empathy, and to those , and others. simply understanding that this is the same beings , like me , my friends , acquaintances, relatives , my cat and other zhivotinka ! for whatever reasons, they are in a difficult situation - this one is immune. I just wanted to help - and helped . feet in it for me is not rushed , did not give money and arms to the house is not denounced . But I love people and animals - and I did so that they were better. Conclusion and experience - I liked crazy, I do not know why. I heard somewhere that when you feel bad - should help those who are worse, and youll feel much better. So its really true . At that time it was very hard to experience serious problems in the family and lack of understanding of others. So I decided not to focus on yourself and even change someones life for the better . And when you see animals that can not do anything without a man , or who were betrayed , people who are , in fact, also can not do anything yourself , you realize that your life and your problems - this is nonsense and nonsense ! I went to shelters and there cared for the dogs, also bringing them food , sometimes transferring funds to rescue animals affected by the fire , and participated in charity events to raise funds for the treatment of sick children in the city - Chelyabinsk. There are much bigger problems and worse situations than you do - so why not take and does not help if youre in the military? . Elizabeth Gaponova , 17 years old : The first time I was a volunteer in America, since it was a mandatory part of my year on exchange in the U.S.. Indeed, there volunteering - its part of the culture . Despite the fact that the U.S. is one of the most advanced countries in the world many spit at them and say that there - all fools . But every American knows what a volunteer because he grew up in a social atmosphere with a system of values . what we are doing is only there ! once all the night baking cookies at Easter for the poor. Spend time with people with disabilities . Cleaned apartment homes. collected more than a million dollars of money , every cent of which went to help children suffering from cancer. This is not reproducible! What can be said about expectations ... I used to think that good works and all that - as it should , or something. That is not desirable, but it is necessary to do so. It was thought that this is something very boring and will take from me my time is intended for development in other areas . But then I was a little girl , and by the way , volunteering, indeed, to some extent influenced my growing up . In America, I realized that doing good deeds - its not just something right , but also very funny . That is fundraising - its just a huge part of American culture . In addition, Americans are getting pleasure from it , and that inspires ! When I returned I tried to carry this tradition of volunteering in my life , tried to infect her Tyumen my friends . And, of course , the result of good works magically turned . In Tyumen , when we brought huge bags and boxes of things for school children from low-income families in the social care center and saw a huge eye center heads , inadvertently uttered : And how do you fell ? Is that all we need ? , I would simply say To your health! - And fly away. Because it is truly inspiring, you just give away his kindness to others and fly further to give more and more ... I think the cycle of good in nature has not been canceled . After all, what is good? This is when you share something good and did not ask for in return. I feel like volunteering - a manifestation of the cycle of good , and it is very very cool that such a phenomenon , he moved to Russia . He will grow into our ground firmly and permanently , because compassion and willingness to help ones neighbor is a huge part of the soul of every man in this world. Just some open up this part of yourself and others - no ... . After talking with my fellow volunteers , to be honest , I did not rush immediately recorded in their ranks , although it felt a vague desire for that to go through too powerful positive experience . And thats what I thought, disgarmonichen our world , people share and make suffer cruelty and greed , indifference and selfishness. Still, we can at least try to patch small holes in the overall well-being. And let the state is engaged in patching up big - leaving on our conscience responsible for a small good deeds . After all, we are humans and we do not have to live by the laws of the animal world , where survival of the fittest. We must help the weak , and to rejoice in the fact that at this moment we behave as a man supposed to ... Angelica Urusova , St. Petersburg State University student Details : rosbalt.ru/generation/2013/10/16/1188704.html
Posted on: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:38:45 +0000