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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2020 19:10:32 GMT
Has anyone ever done anything like this, either through a church or a secular organization? What was your experience like? Would you do it again? When I was in my 20's I wanted to become a nurse practitioner and join Doctors Without Borders after my daughter was grown. I'd still love to do some humanitarian aid work, whether it's through church or a secular organization. For those of you unfamiliar with DWB, it's an amazing organization that brings care to the people who need it most. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ |
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Post by RangerMike on May 30, 2020 11:02:59 GMT
I've never heard of it but it sounds great. Good luck with it.
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Post by Nora on May 30, 2020 11:11:45 GMT
I wanted to do something like that when I was younger, mostly teaching english or helping in schools in 3rd world countries but for various reasons didnt end up doing it.
but what I did was working for one of those organisations helping them administer funds responsibly and eventually also helped out in orphanages in Europe, I realized I didnt have to travel to another country to help.
It was great work BUT also quite emotionally taxing. I took care of a girl who was from a home and was also a racial minority and some of the crap she took simply because of that was heartbreaking. And some of those things you simply cannot undo/take care of for her. So we mainly focused on getting her as ready for life after childrens home as possible, because thats a real challenge for many of the young adults.
My mom spent her entire life working with the underpriviledged and its really a never ending job. Or more like a calling...
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Post by politicidal on May 30, 2020 15:07:04 GMT
I've heard of DWB before, they're a wonderful organization.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2020 15:11:46 GMT
I wanted to do something like that when I was younger, mostly teaching english or helping in schools in 3rd world countries but for various reasons didnt end up doing it. but what I did was working for one of those organisations helping them administer funds responsibly and eventually also helped out in orphanages in Europe, I realized I didnt have to travel to another country to help. It was great work BUT also quite emotionally taxing. I took care of a girl who was from a home and was also a racial minority and some of the crap she took simply because of that was heartbreaking. And some of those things you simply cannot undo/take care of for her. So we mainly focused on getting her as ready for life after childrens home as possible, because thats a real challenge for many of the young adults. My mom spent her entire life working with the underpriviledged and its really a never ending job. Or more like a calling... Yeah, I imagine it would be emotionally challenging to see people in such situations and only be able to do so much for them. I currently work as a psychiatric nurse and that's the hardest part of my job. I find the patients quite easy and enjoy the work, but often you send people to homeless shelters or less than great home situations and you can't help but internalize it. For me, whether it's work or charity, taking care of sick children would be very hard. I have people tell me they couldn't work psych and I'm like "nah, it's actually fun. Tip your hat to the pediatric nurses instead." Going to s third world country and seeing children growing up in poverty would be really taxing. |
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