Need for Volunteering for the Community

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The Need for Volunteering for the Community

( by Ishika Bansal )


It is rightly said that a life lived for others is worth living as when you work for others in any possible way, you are not returned empty-handed but with a bag full of million-dollar smiles, thousand of blessings and pure love which is more valuable than anything and volunteering is one such activity wherein a person offers himself physically, mentally, emotionally or financially for a service.

According to a report from the ministry of statistics, 1.5% of India's population volunteer for some activity or the other. Goonj, Help age India, Childline India, PETA are few of the NGOs working selflessly for the welfare of people and animals and it is also started by the CBI that India has at least 31lakh NGOs - more than double the number of schools in the country and 250 times the number of government hospitals. Volunteering not just uplift the underprivileged people but it also helps a volunteer to grow in numerous ways which makes it more worthwhile. Underprivileged are provided with services like food, clothing, education, and volunteers are provided with a medium to develop themselves physically and mentally.

(1) Connects with People:- Volunteering connects you with people of all kinds which helps you to know people from different communities and you also make new friends including the other volunteers which helps you when you are in trouble.

(2) Loneliness:- Volunteering helps you to get rid of loneliness as when you meet new people, you talk to them, spend time with them and you no more feel isolated as you have people around you.

(3) Builds Self-Confidence:- Volunteering provides you with an opportunity to speak in front of unknown people and to move across different places, which in turn helps you to build up your self-confidence and self-esteem. Self-confidence is one thing that most people lack and is also one of the major reasons behind the failure. But volunteering helps you build your self-esteem which has a long term effect which is reflected in one's personality.

(4) Mental Health:- Volunteering also helps to recover from your personal issues as when you talk to people especially underprivileged people and when they share their issues with you then you don't think about your issues as their problems are bigger than yours. So, it indirectly helps you to keep yourself mentally fit.

(5) Physical Fitness:- While volunteering, you move miles across places that help you maintain you're physical fitness.

(6) Support System:- Volunteering helps you develop a support system that further helps you to overcome depression and anxiety.

(7) Social Network:- It helps in creating a social network. It makes a person socializing which helps a person to learn to stand out in society.

(8) It teaches a person to Cope up with everyday tasks and increase your thinking capacity.

(9) Volunteering makes a person physically and mentally strong as it makes you work in all weather conditions which gives you long term benefits.

(10) A person becomes committed and senses its responsibilities towards society.

(11) While volunteering, you learn to live happily in every circumstance as you've seen people with no or fewer clothes that too torn ones, crying for one-time food, begging for daily needs but you've got everything so you learn to stay happy with whatever you have.


One such NGO is "LIGHT THE LITERACY" where students from different colleges collectively work for the welfare of underprivileged students. Its main motive is to educate the children and now they teach 800-1000 students daily in different locations of Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida, and Bahraich. Volunteers also organized a sports event namely "UMANG" to inculcate the sports spirit among students. They also conducted a campaign "SHE FOR SHE" to aware people regarding menstrual hygiene. Apart from studies, they also celebrate festivals together. In brief, organizing campaigns, educating students, and celebrating festivals not only makes the people happy and cheerful but it also helps volunteers in some or the other way and the best part is the smile on people that are left behind because of your little efforts. volunteering gives you immense joy and pleasure. It gives you a sense of satisfaction when you see someone happy and growing in life with your efforts. Devoting your time for volunteering is worth it. It gives you long term benefits and develops your personality.


Disclaimer:-

The opinions expressed in this article are the personal opinions of the author. The facts and opinions appearing in the article do not reflect the views of Light de Literacy and LDL does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.





An NGO, run by group of socially active, determined & educated youths, aims to educate underprivileged children.

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