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Nowadays, taking advantage of summer or winter vacation to help the
local in low developed areas becomes common and “popular” among the youth.
Instead staying in Taiwan, these people associates with some organizations such
as Wake, Rock, Aesic and so on to have a chance to step out their comfortable
zones and also, have a chance to give out their help to people living in poor
areas. This kind of activity let young people broaden their horizons by contacting
with foreigners, adjusting themselves to different cultures and gradually being
cultivated the attitude-- giving s gains more happiness than receives. Those
benefits are for volunteers themselves, yet how about the feel of local
resident being helped? Do they really benefit from people who mostly come from
developed, wealth countries in about short two months or even three weeks? I
doubt it. Even though the initial intention of this activity is positive, it
still can be damaged by people who aren’t set true heart on serving for others.
In this issue, I would like to analyze how those oversea-serving organizations
provide to volunteers of braving themselves to landing on worse environment.
How does short-term helping influence the local? What better way can be used to
improve their lives instead leave pain for them? How can we do to be a HELPER
instead of being an invader?
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