SINGAPORE: More people are volunteering for various causes in Singapore, as the country pursues a goal of raising its volunteerism rate to 70 per cent by next year.
“We will never be able to do so much without volunteers. Especially after COVID, we’ve been expanding our work so much to reach out to more people,” she said.Ms Michelle Chew, a member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Youth Commission representing the Asia Pacific, said that for volunteers like herself, the day is more than just celebrating volunteerism, but to attract more people to step up.
The first group is the youth, some of whom were exposed to the movement through their co-curricular activities in school. “I’ve learned that there are a lot of people from a variety of backgrounds that are different from myself, and that might be on different pathways of life. But at the end of the day, we are all humans and that is why we're all here for one another,” she said.
In her role, she advises the IFRC governing board on matters concerning youth and youth-related activities.She explained that more than half of the volunteer base in her organisation is actually made up of young people, so having a dedicated body like hers to represent them is “very important”. Ms Chew said youth volunteers may be passionate about different areas based on the environment they grew up in.
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