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Today I am a member of the UN Global Education First Youth Advocacy Group. After secondary school, I started volunteering within non-governmental organisations. I was involved in projects and activities relating to peace, human rights and the environment. It was a great pleasure for me to contribute to the development of my community through volunteering because the impact was visible.
I had many difficulties while volunteering because people don’t value volunteer work. In Cameroon and especially in my community, people consider volunteering as waste of time and resources. They cannot understand the fact that someone can work without a salary. My friends and family advised me several times to stop volunteering. I felt very discouraged at some point, but I could not stop because I loved doing it. Volunteering was the top priority in my life. I decided not to pay attention to their advice but to concentrate on my work.
In Nigeria I taught English 3 times a day. I had the opportunity to come up with my own ideas for the classes and tried to be as creative as possible making my lessons not only informative, but also fun. I understood how to look at things from a different perspective. It also made me think in a more creative way, out of the box, one can say. I think this will help me in the future, looking at things through different glasses.
One day, a group of young people came to me and said they had something to say. I was very surprised. They said they were all grateful for the changes I brought into their lives education. I was so happy to hear this. This experience made me understand that only volunteer work can have such a great impact on people’s lives.
There are three elements that helped me to succeed in a life dedicated to volunteering: passion, determination and patience. Volunteering helped me become a job creator, not a job seeker.
My advice to my peers is that we cannot succeed in life overnight. We have to work hard to enjoy the fruits of our labor. Even if you have a diploma from the best school in the world, it is not enough because what matters most is your skills, your talent. The best way to discover who you are is to volunteer. One secret in volunteer work is to avoid thinking about money because that is where the problem is.

1. The narrator volunteered for non-profit organisations. – ...
2. He did different volunteer activities. – ...
3. Volunteering was not easy at first for him. – ...
4. His nearest and dearest fully supported his wish to volunteer. – ...
5. The volunteer experience improved the narrator's creativity. – ...
6. He didn't feel any gratitude from the people he helped. – ...
7. There were 4 character traits that helped the narrator in life. – ...
8. The way to success is long and hard. – ...
9. Volunteers often have problems with money. – ...