Volunteering: Life is a give and take

A powerful way to make a difference in the world is volunteering. It offers lots of benefits for us and
also for our communities. In the following section, we will express our thoughts about volunteering
including personal experience and other interesting topics. Have fun reading ;)

Benefits of Volunteering
As already mentioned, volunteering offers lots of personal and
general benefits. To support this statement, we would like
you to take a look at a part of the results of a study published

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by BMC Public Health,

where they tested the
effects of volunteering
on a human being.

The results are an improvement in one’s mental health, a decrease in social isolation, a stronger
bond in communities, a decrease in depression and in general an improved quality of life.
Link to the study: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-017-4561-8

There’s another important thing to mention in connection with volunteering:

The sense of achievement and purpose it brings. The feeling you get during achieving something is
unbelievable. Dopamine, one of the most important hormones for happiness gets released and lots
of other hormones which are responsible for happiness too. Cholesterol, the hormone which is
responsible for stress gets decreased what leads to a quieter and calmer life.
Why and how we started volunteering
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6 years ago, we started volunteering in our
school at the paramedic service to help other people when they
get hurt or even have pain. We didn´t do this only because of the
good image we have got now, but the main reason was that we
could help the ones that couldn‘t help themselves. If we want
others to help us (in any situation), we should also (be able to)
help others and be there for them when they need help. That´s
also why we started to help the smaller and younger students from
the lower classes. We were there for them when they got in
trouble/got
bullied (on
the internet
or in school)
and solved a
lot of
problems
that may could have been leading to a bigger
problem. 

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about
Cyberbullying shows the victims’ emotions. It’s
not important what the most or the less victims
felt, but the fact that they felt these emotions could be an influence for their future. When they were
always angry, they could have been more aggressive in the future even if they didn’t want to be.
Sadness, embarrassment or anxiety could lead to being shyer and this could be a problem for a
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How can you start volunteering?

First of all, it’s important to mention that you have lots of different volunteering opportunities
ranging from community service to social service to disaster service and also political activities. Not
every activity is profitable or gives you a physical return. In case most of the voluntary activities are
non-profitable. Instead, they give you mental or psychological benefits (Look back at the study we´ve
presented). Volunteering is not limited to one area of life but can go after many different interests. In
the following you´ll get some examples on how to start without investing lots of time or effort in it.
 1. Lots of kids need help at school and sometimes their parents aren´t able to help them. You
could easily go to your teacher and ask him/her if she/he knows anyone who needs help at
school. The kid and the family would be happy about your help, we promise 😊

2. Another easy way to help is babysitting. Sometimes parents

want to go out and spend time without there little ones.
That’s where you can help! Just create a poster and hang it
out in local places, where you´re allowed to hang them out.
Nowadays it is even easier: Go to Facebook or any other
platform and create such a profile or look for people who are
looking for babysitters. Kids are nice to play with and they
love getting in touch with other kids or teenagers who are
older than them. You want it even easier? Click here or this
link to find babysitting jobs in your area (https://bit.ly/42lSfc6
(shorter link)).

3. This is a big one but if you want to serve your country and
you’re a patriot, then you can go to the army! In Germany we
call it the “Bundeswehr”. Beautiful and helpful way to
volunteer! Not only do you meet new people, but you also protect your country, learn to be
disciplined and more!
4. If you are more interested into ecological problems, pollution or green energy than you may
be interested in WWOOF (Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms).
WWOOF is a worldwide movement whose goals are promote a
cultural and educational exchange, link visitors with organically https://www.miteinander-freude-leben.de/freiwillige-bis-27-
jahre.html
farms, and build a global community conscious of ecological
farming and sustainability practices. In this exchange, you will
work at the farm, meet new people, learn everything about sustainability, experience a new
culture. If you go to the website, you can decide in which country you want to volunteer.

As you see there are multiple ways to volunteer. The “BFD” ( Bundesfreiwilligendienst) is an
organisation in Germany where you can volunteer in lots of different areas and it’s an easy
way too! It is easier than you think it is. Just start with a small step and from that moment on

“You just have to put one foot in front of the other. Then, once you put
one foot forward the path will become clearer. You´ll start seeing paths
that weren’t there before. Most importantly you just have to keep moving”
– Iman Gadzhi

the rest will come itself ->

So…
This is a message everyone should learn very early in their life (on the one hand to have a good
behaviour and on the other to teach their friends and colleges what they have learned. It should be
like a kind of chain reaction:
We see others being in trouble -> we find a solution/solve their problems -> the younger students get
taught by our behaviour -> in the following the students start to have a good behaviour and show the
others how to have it.
By doing this we want to tell the world that they should help others, be there for them and always
support them, because one day there will be a situation where someone will need help. If this guy is
a supporter, then he can expect to get support from others.
Life is a give and take. That’s the message. We hope that you could take away some knowledge out
of this blog and maybe you´ll look for a way to volunteer 😊

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