Community Services!

Giving back to our community is the best we can do.  It's very well said, "We can never get a re-creation of community and heal our society without giving our citizens a sense of belonging." 

If we start thinking this way, this world would be a better place to live. Switching our mind towards the well being of society is the first step towards development. Many countries indulge themselves in community service projects and it's time we do too. Start from small and eventually it would lead to big. 

Let me share with you all some of my community service experiences:

This is me cutting tomatoes as part of my community service. My friends and I were given several tasks which summed up to providing food for people in Lane County- Eugene, OR. Later on I also worked at their garden digging out vegetables and collecting them in a basket. Everyone else helped with preparing a wonderful meal which we had together. 

I volunteered along with my host parents at a 'Mushroom Festival' in Eugene, OR where we had our separate stall. My job was to fold t.shirts and arrange all items in a neat manner. I got to learn communication skills by observing how a shopkeeper and customer dealt with one another. After my work was done, my host parents took me to see other stalls and the mushroom display.

I along with my friends in Islamabad, Pakistan conducted a community service where we visited elderly people at 'old home.' It's purpose was to spend some quality time with these senior citizens who have been living in this old home due to several personal reasons.  I had a great time having friendly conversations with them because there was so much to learn. Later on we all had a nice meal and distributed them their gifts that we bought through fundraising. 

This is a recent community service project my friends and I conducted at PIMS hospital- Islamabad, Pakistan during the holy month of Ramadan. We managed to collect funds way above our imagination which was our first success! With those funds we bought Savor (rice) packets along with juice packs. These items were distributed at different wards in the hospital after which we had 'iftar' (breaking of fast at sunset) together outside at the cafeteria. It was a wonderful feeling by the end of the day!