Saturday 24 June 2017

How Short Term Volunteer Immersions Work

By Christopher Myers


The busiest people can also be the most dedicated ones in terms of humanitarian work. However, because of time constraints, they seldom have enough opportunity to really work out their commitment to advocacies in other countries. Today, there are so many organizations working for this work sector, and they provide some great options for shorter periods for this kind of work.

Doing immersion is a thing these people need to do to satisfy their commitment, so that they can truly help those mired in poverty. Those committed and are too busy now have things like short term volunteer immersions to help them do this. These things will be offered by advocate or charitable organizations that are helping humanity.

The short term means some weeks spent in the field. This is for any country that the volunteer wants to spend time on, usually with some specific advocacy or humanitarian concern. The field is international, and usually one where the most visited spots are those experiencing war, poverty, natural disasters or any humanitarian calamity.

The folks here are usually in their twenties to thirties, but there is no lack of people who are volunteering from all age groups. The mission is limited to those who are adult, 18 or 21 and, depending on the group working. Because missions are often tasked to handle the most difficult social problems which the young cannot handle.

There cannot be a guarantee of total safety here, because the places these immersions go to cannot have it, but these volunteers will accept willingly. The short period here is meant to provide more safety in one sense, because it lessens the risks that people face. The volunteer here may reapply to other missions or same ones if he wants.

Anyone who is employed and is busy with jobs but who is zealous enough about the advocacy issues can certainly volunteer. There will usually be less need for any required degree or course here, and since the workers are spending their own money, all organizations do is facilitate their entry and their stay. Also, they might have some relevant supply and support systems for any volunteer.

Most of those who undergo one trip are lining up for more, because the experience is worth all the personal sacrifices they give. The concern is for getting the most out of one such excursion, whether it is in poverty stricken Andean villages or elsewhere. There are no shortage of places where help from volunteers is badly needed and appreciated.

Missions that are done here are tasked to relieve the pressure or need for supplies for affected folks in the destination countries. There might also be partner groups that are the main suppliers of relief goods, so that there will be no need for the staffers to carry the goods themselves. However, they are responsible for seeing where the need is and distributing.

All missions are those that are always tagged for making life easier for affected groups in certain countries. Usually there are partner organizations providing the supplies and other supportive goods for these groups, and the volunteers need not bring any of their own. They are the ones tasked to establish need and make the distribution work.




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