true!..also, here in the west, people feel that they have to somehow give to the society back for the blessings they received themselves. there is also a religious angle to it. a lot of Christians have been taught to serve the humanity through volunteering [unpaid service] and they take it to their hearts. they are very inclined religiously to help the needy amidst them.
There are various communities who encourage community services. Like Agha Khanis. Their young boys can be seen managing traffic and facilitating elders while viisting Jamat Khana. My Agha Khani colleagues used to teach at some schools without any payment. There are volunteering programs for promoting education like TCF Rahbar, etc.
But I have never seen any people actively volunteering for visiting patients. Though, people go and visit children at SOS villages and if they can afford they bear expenses of a child.
Christians may have been taught to be selfless in west, but I don’t think they have stamina to be like desi men, who have been bearing expenses of joint families in east
What makes them so generous, when even there religion doesn’t require them to do so?
My comments were in regards to the medical field. In the medical field, getting a job often relies on a experience but, paradoxically, you cannot really gain “experience” as you cannot work without a degree, which in the medical field, usually takes a few years to obtain. Volunteering is the next best thing and many people gain said “experience” and contacts through volunteering while they are working on their degree.
