Knowing More Your Voluntary Work Abroad Purpose
“When the purpose of service and volunteerism is to strengthen democratic participation and community empowerment, volunteerism can be wholly beneficial. As Ivan Illich once observed about international volunteerism, “[Volunteers] frequently wind up alleviating the damage done by money and weapons…” When conducted as part of a deliberately revelatory cycle, volunteerism can become a process for empowerment, as long as it is not at the expense of others’ self-determination.”
Knowing the purpose why you chose or get compelled to participate in volunteering work abroad will actually get you stay longer in that volunteering stage. If you have no purpose why you do such things, you will end up not pursuing the learning at all and eventually give it up.
Understanding the purpose why you pursue a voluntary work abroad will make you to the volunteer work on the go. Your interests may be your start engine, but the purpose will serve as your gasoline to keep going. Time will come when you will encounter mediocrity as you work along the process. Your purpose will serve as your reminder. It will remind you why you took volunteering on the first place.
So what really is your voluntary purpose? Are these things detailed below your reason why you chose to volunteer?
- Experience
- Examination
- Exploration
- Service
- Assistance
- Give unmerited favor
So every time tediousness knocks you down, always remind yourself of your purpose. This purpose of yours will not only serve as your reminder, but it will even be your aim why you took this program on the first place.


