Volunteering is the greatest activity one could possibly give for others benefit. Such act of kindness brings mutuality to both parties – the volunteer and the people he serves on will.

Inner Peace and Sense of Achievement

“Giving is greater than Receiving” as the Christian rule goes. The principle is still tur despite times have changed. Gap year volunteering gives the individual inner calmness and peace of mind. Life is so short to be greedy and imagine the happiness aqcquired if one lives to see people’s live being at ease for a certain time? Or many be for temporary periods if one wishes to.

letting go of the stress in life, at work, at school is the greatest gift you can give to your self. Exprloring a new environment takes your mind into a trance – giving you a sense of security and wellness – isn’t that great for your self? Why do you think there are a lot of Holywood stars and rich people lending a hand to poor communities? It’s not purely made out of publicity – but these pople found the gold when seeing poor communities extend their lives even just for a day.

We believe different we are with porpuse in life. Some chose to be in business, medicine, or achetecture. But we can analyze that we have the same purpose which have been shaped with us since birth – that is to help people help themselves.

As a college lad on a student gap year – isn’t it worth achieving to know that you have been made to help?

A Meanignful Travel

Traveling without direction leads to nowhere. So true with gap year programs. You might be there on a foreign land just enjoying the sun and going to places you have never been – but, have you found the meaning of your travel? Vounteering will lead you the perfect answer in all the questions you have been asking in life.

An individual will see the whole reality of life deep down the fancy clothes, neon lights, and buzzling night life. Students will see communities and their recent state of life which they can relfect on their way home. THere so much that volunteering can teach an individual. The individual will learn to save up resources and undertand that people on the other side of the planet are suffering from neediness and poverty.

Volunteering is an awakener for all those with confusions in life. Because now is the time to wake and face reality that life has never been fair; which obliges everyone of us to share and give to others who are in great need.

The last couple of years, young people who are planning a gap year, are more and more interested in volunteering overseas, but why?

Well Lattitude Global Volunteer conducted a survey and asked over 2000 people aged 15 to 24 years old why they consider volunteering overseas during a gap year. According to the study, many of those young people think that volunteering is the best way to experience a different culture combined with learning new skills.

The company provides volunteering opportunities in 20 different countries from Australia to Canada and Malawi. The volunteers become completely integrated in a culture by living and working with them and becoming an important part of that community.

Other popular reasons to volunteer are that 14% thinks that volunteering during a gap year is a good work experience, another 14% wanted to give something back. Furthermore, 11% wanted to become more independent during the gap year, 10% wanted to improve their CV, 9% wanted to learn something about themselves and 8% thought of the gap year as a way to help them decide upon decisions they had to make concerning their career.

Would you consider to work abroad and what are your reasons? Please let me know.

A gap year can also be spent volunteering and begin the New year with a big bang and volunteer for the UNV which stands for United Nations Volunteers. A program, by the United Nations that aims to play a part in development in a way of volunteerism and peace in the whole world through a gap year volunteer!

Gap year through volunteering is a powerful tool of encouraging people worldwide in dealing with development changes that in a way can change the nature and speed of development. The act of volunteerism does not only benefits the individual volunteer but also the society through enforcing solidarity, reciprocity and trust among race and citizens and by intentionally making opportunities and chances for participation and can also be referred to as gap year expeditions.

UNV play a part to the development of peace by supporting for the credit of the working volunteers and also to encourage and mix volunteerism in every program and project made by the working partners world wide. One goal also of the UNV is to make sure that the volunteer group is composed of as many diverse volunteers coming worldwide for the volunteer project.

This time gap year overseas through UNV is made more meaningful and universal as it acknowledges the values that sustain the group such as engagement, solidarity, commitment and free will.

UNV is active, functioning and in full force in 140 countries worldwide and the center is in Bonn, Germany. So your choices for gap year destinations may vary from Argentina to Zimbabwe.

A few favorite destinations are Africa, Philippines, Thailand, China, Mexico and India. Africa can give the volunteers a taste of African safari while volunteering and that is for free; the Philippines will bask the volunteer with sunshine and a free access to soft sandy beaches loved by Haring Araw while China can give a taste of colorful culture and a glimpse of the magnificent Great Wall of China this time you are seeing the structure in person rather than in space.