Community service.
Popular word with a lot of weightage assigned to it.
No question there.
The question lies how many of us do it with the intention of helping people, making a difference and wanting to do something for the underpriveliged?
I received a phone call today asking me how do things work at the NGO i volunteer at. I generally would have been thrilled at the prospect of someone else volunteering but this time i guessed the ulterior motives straight out. I suppose most of us who do it for no other purpose but to help and feel good about it can figure who do it to put in their resumes in their applications to some flashy institute.
Sad.
On the other hand I'm happy that those who need the help get help whether its driving factor is admission to an university which promises plum jobs on graduating or whether it is the genuine desire to help people. As long as they get what they deserve.
Plus I'm confident that anyone who does a single day of true community service would go back willingly for the satisfaction they get and not to make their resumes look healthy.
This time at least I know that for every 1 person who does it for their resume there are a minimum of 2 people who do it for the love of it, for the genuine need to serve.It need not be that you are enrolled in an NGO or other organisations to prove that you do community service. Helping out your neighbourhood kids with their homework itself is in a way community service. Starting recycling camps,cleaning up the place,planting new trees are ways of community service common to urban life.Of course,needless to mention,spending time at orphanages and Senior Citizens' homes are all very gratifying ways we, as individuals can contribute to society and know truthfully, from the bottom of our hearts that we do indeed do community service in the essence of it.
