WHAT IS IT?

Volunteering is the act of willingly offering to take part of an enterprise or service.

Some ways to volunteer/fundraise include:- Babysitting- Petsitting/Dog-walking services- Community service- Donating to charities- Fostering shelter animals- Donating old clothes

COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS

- Charity work, community service and volunteering takes tons of effort and work- Volunteering takes too much time- Problems are too big to make a difference- Big donations need to be made to signify a change

THE TRUTH

- There is more than one way of volunteering - find an interest that you wish to work with- Find gaps in your schedule - even only 30 min is enough- No task is too small - improvements will certainly be made- Every single donation matters and will make a difference, no matter the size

ORGANIZATIONS

Child Protection / Child Abuse Preventions
- KidPower International
- SOS Children’s Villages (SOS Barnbyar)Civil Rights
- Center for Community Change Action
- Equal Justice Initiative
- The Center for Justice and AccountabilityDrug & Alcohol Abuse
- Action on Addiction
- Partnership to End AddictionEnvironment
- Conservation Fund
- World Resources Institute
- Waterkeeper Alliance

Sports
- Challenged AthletesSexual Violence
- NSVRC (National Sexual Violence Resource Center)
- ECPAT International / ECPAT SwedenSuicide Prevention
- MIND (Självmordslinjen)
- Trevor Project (LGBTQ+ youth)
- The National Suicide Prevention LifelineWomen’s Rights
- National Women’s Law Center
- Equaltiy NowInternational Protection
- American-Scandinavian Foundation
- The Asia Foundation

PROGRESS - MY STEPS

1. Find a certain global issue you care about (sexual violence and Anti-Asian racism)2. Research and educate yourself on the issue (organizations, statistical evidence)3. Come up with a way to take action (volunteering and raising 500kr each for NSVRC and Stop AAPI Hate)4. Follow through the action, no matter how big or small it seems to be5. You have now been able to make a change in someone else’s life :)