Many active people sooner or later come to the conclusion that they have the opportunity to help someone. Charity has ceased to be the lot of the elite; everyone can make a feasible contribution to changing the lives of others for the better. That's just to take the first step to good deeds is difficult, because you do not know where to start.
Instruction manual
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First you need to decide who exactly and what you want to help. For example, you are ready to give a certain amount of money once or allocate it monthly. You can participate in an exit event, putting on a children's play. You have a roomy car on which you can carry things. You have free days in which you can come as a volunteer and an orphanage or nursing home and help.
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Think about whom you want to help. If you are an animal, then you need to find like-minded people on animal assistance forums. Basically, they need help in overexposure of animals, "PR" - the addition of animals to the owners, treatment. If you want to help children in orphanages, then be prepared to collect things, toys and communicate directly with children of different ages. If you want to help sick children, then in addition to money, they are very looking forward to simple human participation. You will need to come to the hospital, play and communicate with the children, distracting them from their ailment. But you must be morally resistant to the pain of others, and not for a minute show that you are afraid or feel sorry for them.
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To implement your plan, you will need “mentors” - people who have been involved in charity work for years and will take you to their group. You can find such people by contacting a charitable foundation of your chosen focus. Any foundation has voluntary assistants. Suppose you offer your transportation services. You will immediately find a company that takes things to one of the remote orphanages and they need an extra car. If during the trip you will like the volunteers themselves, and you understand that you really want to do this, then you can regularly participate in trips. It is better to choose the same institution so that the children gradually get used to you become more open.
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You can join a group of independent volunteers. You can find them on social networks. Volunteering involves active efforts to raise funds and resources for the chosen direction. At first you will feel awkward asking various people to help with money, things and other necessary needs. You will have to spend weekends on trips and events and travel around the city for packages that people give. At the same time, a couple of plush toys may turn out to be the promised things on an industrial scale.
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