What's the use of college students as volunteers?

It depends on what kind of volunteers you choose and what kind of volunteers you can accept.

At present, there are three forms of volunteers in society: domestic teaching, animal protection volunteers, domestic job-hopping volunteers and international volunteer travel. These three forms have different meanings to you.

Personally, I suggest that if you have enough time in college, you can try it. These different types of volunteers learn different things.

I personally started from college, worked as a summer teacher in the countryside, worked in Lhasa and Chengdu, and volunteered in Nepal and Sri Lanka. In view of these three points, I personally think their significance is: volunteer travel >; Teaching > animal protection > work and change accommodation.

According to different needs, the forms of volunteers I recommend to you are different.

First, if you are a simple volunteer who can bear hardships and accept long-term teaching, you can choose to teach in summer. After this volunteer, your body may be tired and your life may be boring, but once you persist, I think your spiritual world will be sublimated. You can also learn a deeper understanding of life from which poor mountainous areas. This one is the most meaningful, and being a man is also very boring and tired. Generally, universities hold teaching activities every summer vacation, and they can participate in activities such as going to the countryside by volunteer associations. There are many channels.

The second is to work and change places. Personally, I think the main body of these volunteers is still tourism. They generally like to travel, but when the funds are insufficient, they will choose to work and change accommodation. This form brings you the least growth and knowledge among the three. But when you see many beautiful scenery and meet people from all over the world, you will encounter some interesting things. But in the sense of personal dedication and spiritual growth, it is of little significance. This kind of volunteer travel channel can mainly be found through forums such as Douban and Post Bar, which is generally easier. But before we go, we need to know more about whether this youth tour is formal or not. Bosses are unreliable, especially girls, so we must pay attention to safety issues.

The third is international volunteer travel. This kind of travel is also called responsibility travel. This kind of travel is different from the above form and generally requires payment. It is a combination of volunteering and traveling. You will volunteer in foreign schools and animal protection bases. The daily volunteer time is about 3 hours, and the rest time is used for free travel, usually with local host families. The expenses you pay are mainly used for your project expenses+accommodation expenses abroad. Personally, I think this is the most meaningful form of travel or volunteer work. In the traditional pure teaching, the travel part is interspersed, so that you can go deep into local life abroad and experience things that you can't experience in daily travel, making your volunteer life more interesting. In addition, in our daily volunteer work, we can also experience different educational models in different countries, improve our spoken English, and finally get the international volunteer certificate, which can also add points to our work and exams. This form of volunteer travel not only finds its own sense of existence in the spirit of self-dedication, but also experiences meaningful cultural travel, so I think it is very meaningful. If you have enough money, you can choose. There are many channels for this kind of volunteer travel, because it has become a business model and there are many domestic institutions. However, I personally recommend Xin Chu to travel as an international volunteer. After all, I participated in them twice, and the actual measurement is quite reliable.