You can reach out to non-profit organizations in your own community or city that are doing good work in something you like, and then volunteer and get involved in their programs. I enjoyed having fun with kids from impoverished townships around Johannesburg…
You can take something that you love doing and are good at, and offer it to others who need help with exactly that. I used to love producing and recording these talented musicians from the townships, in my studio and making videos for them to promote their music, no charge…
You can use your skill or gift to benefit your friends and family. We made friends with a family whose young daughter Belle was having serious panic episodes and so I worked with them to calm things down, and to rebuild her emotional self-regulation, and put an end to those nasty panic attacks…
While volunteering with a NPO in a remote rural area doing fundraising and training etc., I kept hearing this child crying a lot, so I went out searching and found him and his mom, and offered to help them. She came over for a few sessions and in a short time we managed to turn things around, and establish a secure bond between mother and child…
I also do a bit of web design and video production and so I offer my services at discounted rates to NPO’s and sometimes work for them for free to help them promote their work and access funding to do even more. Golden Women Vision in Uganda supports women survivors of war, abduction and sexual exploitation…
This is Ruthless. My sister named her Ruth. When she first came into our lives she was so tiny and so terrified, I would find her hiding in the darkest corners. But when she relaxed and felt at home she became a scratcher and biter, so I renamed her Ruthless (after Toothless in “How to Train Your Pet Dragon” and started training her, lovingly…