talk of the day today is how to help
yourself by helping others we rise by
lifting others have you ever wondered
how life would be so different if human
beings were unconditionally helpful in
kind to one another dictionary defines
the word volunteering as to freely
offers to freely work sorry too freely
work to do something and working for an
organization without being paid and
wikipedia defines the word volunteering
as an action that benefits to a person
group or organization as you can see
these definitions do not mention how
volunteering impacts the volunteer
themselves one of my fellow volunteer
friend said volunteering is a win-win
situation but I see it it’s the more
than win situation for a person who is
volunteering for the next few minutes I
will talk about why we should volunteer
and the benefits of volunteering
specifically why we should volunteer
abroad I will begin my talk sharing my
experience in Kenya since I was a young
girl I always wanted to volunteer and
help people in some ways growing up I
heard lots of stories about Africa for
my parents where they have traveled many
countries like Kenya Tanzania Ethiopia
they always said one cannot resist the
lure of Africa this was one of the main
aspiration for me to go there after
living in London eight years I moved
back to my country summer
2015 so I began searched for
volunteering programs in the search
lasted for months finally I found
madhavi key community in Kenya through
an organization called love volunteers
and in the December late December 2015 I
went to Kenya for a five-week
volunteering programme and I didn’t know
it would be the best experience that I
ever had in my life it changed the way I
see through everything Kenya was a
spectacular as a country and the people
Ali I met all the way through was truly
amazing and it really touched my heart
and so at the very moment when I landed
at jomo kenyatta airport in Nairobi I
already felt at home I felt really
comfortable and excited obviously and
the air that I breathe it was strangely
familiar even though it was my first
time in Kenya and I’ve been through many
countries but I never felt like this
before initially i chose the women’s
empowerment program which was to work
with and encourage girls from nine to
twenty years of age and the girls who
had survived from the sexual abuse child
labour human trafficking gender-based
violence and forced migration these
girls went through horrific in their
lives but now they’re happily living
with their friends their babies and the
caretakers of the italia eggless girls
shelter at the girls shelter I try to
bring best out of me by teaching
english also art classes and helping
there with the jurors like cooking
cleaning taking care of the babies and
also you know what Carole’s like to do
like singing dancing and putting the
makeup on and although I went there to
help for them I felt there were the ones
who helped me they have been eating the
same food every day instead of wanting
something else they were thankful for
the food and especially when they eat
meat they pray and they they were
thankful for the animals who sacrificed
themselves and the girls were just
amazing and fun to be with I love the
very every moment that I spent at the
girl shelter in three weeks only we
already became family sisters and their
kindness not only showed in that way but
also in many ways and this was one of
the many lessons that I have learned and
when it’s a playtime they didn’t have a
bowl to play with so they made a ball
out of their tights how wonderful and
creative are these girls when I left
there as I said I was the one who has
been helped and I was the one who is
thankful for daytime on my last week of
Kenya I decided to volunteer at the baby
orphanage called angel and helping with
the baby’s taking care of the babies it
was just one of the most amazing feeling
that I ever had they had the cutest
brown eyes and the curly hair and some
even called me Mommy
it just melted and broke my heart at the
same time because I think the one of the
greatest tragedy and life is the child
who is suffering and through his or her
early ages without having the support or
guidance of their loving mother that’s
why I think it’s such a noble case for
me to work and help at the earth
orphanage our duties included taking
care of the babies changing the nappies
bathing them feeding them you know yet
and I and the toddler size so they
wouldn’t get into mischief because you
know the toddlers and I was just so
happy that I have helped them and I was
there for them to show them love and
affection that they’re cared I noticed
that every child was really unique and I
hope one day that they would have a true
family to get raced with working with
the babies and the women was the best
thing that ever happened in my life it
was really really rewarding that I was
really surprised that how much we can
get by giving and if you ever thought
about volunteering just take a leap of
faith and go for it because the price
so why volunteer as we know
lots of benefits if we volunteer there
are lots of benefits to the other person
group or organization however there are
many prosperity’s for the volunteers
themselves based on my experience the
volunteers include making difference in
our life gaining confidence learning new
skills developing our characters
boosting our career options being a part
of the community it provides you with a
sense of purpose develops new interests
and hobbies that allow and also it
allows you to have fun while helping
others moreover you learn to appreciate
of more of what you have because we are
never happy about ourselves or what we
have we always want more our human
desire seems to never be satisfied but
volunteering it will help you to
appreciate more of what you have it
shows that lovin a total stranger is
possible how obviously by volunteering
it’s an opportunity to grow and redefine
yourself and adding on top of all these
benefits the most important thing that I
loved was how it made me feel so when I
decided to go to Kenya volunteer in
Kenya I told my friends and they were
like why volunteer abroad and some seem
to be very surprised somewhere a bit
disappointed and some thought I was
brave but volunteering abroad it gives
you lots
of opportunities it opened my eyes to
see a world in a different light and
also it allows me to it’ll out my
improved my awareness and respect for
the other cultures and it showed me that
you don’t have to speak the same
language to understand one another also
it allowed me to getting out of my
comfort zone and it changed my life were
better forever and you also have a
better sense of feeling that what’s
going on around the world that’s why i
chose volunteering in kenya so it’s
important to know if you want to
volunteer where and how to start and I
have a few tips for you so firstly you
should start now if you think of
volunteering you should give at least 3
to 12 months if you want to volunteer
abroad because it takes lots of time to
the vaccinations and travel visas and
all this so make sure you have enough
time for that and number two research
try to collect as much as information
you can there are different
organizations then that support
different causes but unfortunately in
Mongolia we don’t have an organization
that tells the volunteers that sense the
volunteers abroad so you need to search
for the internet so that you can collect
as much as information you want number
three decide on the country which you
would like to volunteer as i said i
always had africa on my mind so choosing
kenya from that continent was made my
and number four decide on the cause so
now you decided on the country it’s
going to be easier for you to decide on
the cause and I think it’s helpful to
list what you can do and what you want
to do and contrast the lists and go for
what you want to do even if you think
you cannot do it don’t worry you’ll
never know until you try it and
obviously practice brings practice makes
practice makes one step closer to the
perfection and number five choose an
organization once you decided on the
cause and the country it’s going to be
easier for you to choose an organization
but before choosing the organization
contact with the form of volunteers via
facebook and ask their experiences about
the organization and lastly request
volunteering so once you have decided
the organization you just have to
request volunteering and pay the deposit
everything follows from there they give
you a clear guidance of the travel visas
vaccinations what you should do in what
you should expect and wash what you
should need so once these steps are
completed all you have to do is wait for
the day that you leave and the real
adventure begins from there volunteering
in Kenya was the best thing that ever
happened in my life it didn’t only bring
joy and happiness to the others also it
led to my personal growth and also
spiritual growth that is an experience
that you cannot vote of any amount of
money i hope that
one day each one of you choose the
volunteer and the experience that great
feeling that I have experienced while I
was volunteering in Kenya and help
yourself by helping others thank you [Applause]