My Personal Experience on volunteering work:

            Detached from the political conflicts and interior divisions, the percentage of the volunteers in any society is a positive indicator about the humanitarian feelings and cultural awareness. The volunteers have beauty in their hearts leading them to feel with the other needy persons. They are not just satisfied with feeling with them and their difficult situation, rather they take the initiative to give a hand to those in need for it. They don’t just stand and wait to be asked to do that, and they don’t ask a reward for their giving and good acts. They believe that life is not just rotating around their surroundings, rather that there are people living in a world full with pain and sufferings in various aspects, whether healthwise, or socially or familywise. They need help, even a tiny one which means a lot to them.

            We, as a group of volunteers under the nomination “The Development of People and Nature Association” believe in man, his importance and role in building a consolidated and strong society, built on understanding and the acceptance of the other. The volunteering work for us is not to fill our free time. On the contrary it is a dedicated humane work issued from the heart to reach the hearts of the others.

            My private experience in the volunteering field has participated greatly and effectively in the realization and deep rooting of safe spaces for inhabitants (The initiative of “You Can Make a Change”), introducing happiness and joy in the hearts of children by reading to them stories, sharing sports and entertainment activities with them.

            Here, I may mention my great experience with the citizens of my city Saida, specially during the Adha days (old Saida and Bahr El Eid) where we cooperated and participated with official and governmental authorities, open and active concerning the importance of the civil society in the development and cooperative concept, to exploit the charm springing from the variety.

            Finally, I say that each believer in that he/she has something to give, makes this belief his/her priority in life. This giving will be translated to achievements and success in factual life. As Gandhi said : “Be the change that you wish to see in the world”.

Ayman Touk Social Activist 11-01-2014