Volunteering is an activity one should never miss in life! This is because it does not only give one experience, but also it enable’s one to socialize directly with service beneficiaries. The years I have given back my services to communities, I have realized one thing, that people do not necessarily need monetary help, but also they need various demonstrations of skills, in form of diseases control, career development, water and sanitation as well as community and capacity building.
The time we dedicate to help the needy one’s is the most valuable time because it creates an impact not only in the lives of the needy one’s but also in our lives too. My love for seeing others happy more especially kids, old people and people with disabilities has made me dedicate every time of my school brake to volunteering. I have never regretted for spending my school holiday to volunteering because I believe my time has created an impact in communities where I have spent it!
My dreams of volunteering came true in the summer of 2009, when I applied to an NGO called Uganda village project which is a public healthy organization based in Iganga district. I and other four volunteers from United States of America, the NGO allocated us a village called Nabitovu in Iganga district and we where supposed to live no stone unturned in all healthy aspects! As volunteers we never new our selves before, as well the community has never seen any of us before! We had to mobilize the community to get involved in the projects we where doing and this was door to door. We visited visits schools and hospitals; our greatest weapon was to identify with the community, live with them more so playing with children! In 2010 I spent 2 month of my valuable time in Nabukone village volunteering with
