UFS101- 2nd Reflection Topic

    Ever so often we read about people, local and foreign, affected by natural disasters and accidents. We  want to help as we feel strongly about their unfortunate circumstances. We want to help but feel distressed that we are not able to do anything about it. Then, the feeling passes and life goes on.

   

    There are many ways by which I can help others who are less fortunate. One of the easiest and commonest ways is to make donations in cash and kind. I read about a person or family in financial distress and I donate generously. An orphanage is in need of electrical equipment, I give generously to help them. A more meaningful way of helping others is by doing volunteer work. Visits to orphanages and old folks' homes are arranged to allow help the people who stay in special homes or centres. Another form of volunteer work or community service is reading to the visually-impaired at their centres or visit sick children in the hospitals. I can also volunteer as counselors for the Befrienders, a non-profit organization to help those in need of a friend who is willing to listen but non-judgmental.

   

    Visiting to Foreign Countries is very interesting. If I had the opportunity to visit a foreign country, I would want to go to Malawi, Africa. It is the poorest country in Africa. I would like to go there because I would like to help the needy and take care of them. They have feelings and they are human being too. We tend to neglect them while they need support from others so they feel someone truly cares about them in this world. They are alive and present in this world, and they deserve something better than starvation and loneliness.

   

    I want to meet the children of Malawi and make them feel comforted. I would try to the best of my abilities bring a smile back into each and every one of their precious faces. I want to help them out, feed them, take care of them and most importanly make them feel as part of this world. The pictures of the unfortunate Africans makes me sad and prompts me to action. All kinds of feelings pass through my heart when I think about it. I feel something beyond myself. I feel compassion and something needs my help.

   

    Increasing support could save millions of lives and change the way wealthy nations are viewed by the rest of the world. There are many ways one can do. It depends on whether one is willing or not.