Many active people sooner or later come to the conclusion that they have an opportunity to help someone. Charity has ceased to be the lot of the elite, everyone can make a contribution to changing the lives of others for the better. But it is difficult to take the first step towards good deeds, because you do not know where to start.
Instructions
Step 1
First you need to decide who exactly and how you want to help. For example, you are ready to give a certain amount of money once or to allocate it monthly. You can participate in an outdoor event by putting on a children's play. You have a roomy car with which you can transport things. You have free days on which you can come as a volunteer and an orphanage or nursing home and help.
Step 2
Think about who you want to help. If to animals, then you need to find like-minded people on the forums for helping animals. Basically, there needs help in overexposure of animals, "PR" - the attachment of animals to the owners, treatment. If you want to help children in orphanages, then be prepared to collect things, toys and direct communication with children of different ages. If you want to help sick children, then in addition to money, they are looking forward to simple human participation. You will need to come to the hospital, play and communicate with children, distracting them from their illness. But you must be morally resistant to other people's pain, and not for a minute show that you are afraid or you feel sorry for them.
Step 3
To implement your plans, you will need "mentors" - people who have been doing charity work for several years and will take you into their group. You can find such people by contacting a charitable foundation of the chosen focus. Any foundation has volunteers. Let's say you offer your transportation services. You will immediately find a company that carries things to one of the remote orphanages and they need an additional car. If during the trip you like the volunteers themselves, and you understand that you really want to do this, then you can participate in trips on a regular basis. It is better to choose the same institution so that the children gradually get used to you and become more open.
Step 4
You can join a group of independent volunteers. You can find them on social networks. Volunteering implies an active activity to attract funds and resources for the chosen direction. At first, you will feel uncomfortable asking various people to help with money, things and other necessary needs. You will have to spend the weekend on trips and activities and travel around town for packages that people give away. At the same time, the promised things on an industrial scale may turn out to be a couple of plush toys.
