A couple of possible reasons:
-- In developing countries, people are not really encouraged to work for free nor are they keen on it and volunteering, is, in essence, working for free.
-- Volunteering does not really open doors for you and thus, people are less keen to do it. In contrast, here, it can. You can make contacts and said contacts may be able to help you later on when looking for a job. It also looks great on a resume.
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.
A couple of possible reasons:
-- In developing countries, people are not really encouraged to work for free nor are they keen on it and volunteering, is, in essence, working for free.
-- Volunteering does not really open doors for you and thus, are less keen to do it. In contrast, here, it can. You can make contacts and said contacts may be able to help you later on when looking for a job. It also looks great on a resume.
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.
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.
selfless service indeed!
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 :D
What makes them so generous, when even there religion doesn't require them to do so?
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.
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.
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 :D
What makes them so generous, when even*** there religion doesn't require them to do so?***
Some Christian sects do, such as Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses. They're the ones who typically volunteer.
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.
One of my Doctor cousin, used to assist one aunty doctor, during her vacations to gain some experience (we called it experiment) :)