One World Youth Project

Why would I be interested in volunteering? A friend recently told me that altruism (doing good to others) was actually more selfish than selfless as you reap more benefits than you sow. Is that true?

Ill leave that up to you. I however LOVE volunteering. There is some kind of endorphine you get from doing charity, so maybe this is what they mean by "reaping what you sow."

All very interesting. To add tuna to the sushi, evolutionary psychology also said that altruism can be seen as a tool that was adapted through all our social relations because being seen as a good guy,you get more respect and things come easier. True or not, Ill Leave all of that here.

I came across the application for a Project Ambassador (surprise! surprise! Its online and its volunteering!). Even better, it was working with youths, pairing schools up in e.g. America and Africa, now, you wouldn't be able to imagine how these children can be affected,right?

Try rewinding your time back to when you were 12...your school is participating in this cool program where you can have pen pals from Latin America (Whatever that meant to you) and you can learn more about what your friends do there.You would be shown pictures of your friends in their uniforms, how many hours they walk to get to school each day, what sort of activities they do at home... how their brothers and sisters work at the fields.... Little impact? Think again!

Because it was through cultural exchanges that I became what I became today. I try very hard to immerse myself in a corporate environment to try to shed this Save-the-world skin of mine, but at the end of the day, I realise that it's just me deep inside, who really thinks that there is a turning point for humanity.

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