Volunteering

Volunteering is generally considered an altruistic activity where an individual or group provides services for no financial or social gain "to benefit another person, group or organization".Volunteering is also renowned for skill development and is often intended to promote goodness or to improve human quality of life. Volunteering may have positive benefits for the volunteer as well as for the person or community served. It is also intended to make contacts for possible employment. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others serve on an as-needed basis, such as in response to a natural disaster.

CLEAN ONGOEL  participated in the voluntary work of cleaning and the whole suburb of Nankulabye Kampala Uganda was left so clean.

So, why is cleaning so important?

There’s no shortage of green community projects aimed at protecting nature, whether it’s wildlife or wild places. You can clear and maintain hiking trails in parks, count birds for wildlife inventories, plant trees, and so much more. Where there are rivers and canals, areas of common land, pathways, and parks, there are clean-up projects. Waterways in particular seem to be magnets for plastic bags and other trash, but vacant lots and public lands can become dumping grounds, too. Cleaning these areas up has many benefits: You’re protecting animals, fish, birds, and plant life from the risks that the trash brings, and you’re also sending a message to other people that someone cares about this piece of water or land — that it’s not a place to dump their unwanted items.

4 SURPRISING BENEFITS OF CLEANING.

1. Defy stereotypes. As we were getting down to business, three middle-aged people walked by and exclaimed “They’re wasting their time… Cleaning up only for the place to get trashed again.” Although this isn’t an exclusive opinion, this thinking keeps us stuck.
2. Good deeds are contagious. As we were picking up trash, a man who barely spoke English was watching us. Eventually, he started helping. He mentioned how it was something that we all should do.
3. It adds up. This past Philly Spring Cleanup day, 13,198 volunteers participated to clean up Philadelphia streets, parks & neighborhoods. They logged 65,990 service hours, collecting 1,014,540 pounds of trash. I’ll repeat: Over 1 million pounds of trash! If you pick up a few things, it will just add onto that number.
4. Everyone’s doing it. OK, not everyone. But with awesome local organizations like United by Blue’s water cleanups, there’s many local opportunities to help cleanup our parks and waterways.