Rewards
You may well ask yourself, ‘What makes it all worthwhile?’ The answer lies in that
‘feel-good’ factor. Alex Tarrant describes his most rewarding experiences in running a
volunteering organisation:
It’s definitely two things: dealing with people who have chosen to volunteer their time;
and working with small overseas projects and charities. Seeing the contribution that
volunteers make, and the enjoyment and personal development they gain in the process,
is fantastic. It’s also wonderful to see how we have helped small projects and charities to
grow and become stronger and, as a result, have enabled them to provide greater help to
the communities they work in.
In the Maasai village of Longido in northern Tanzania, volunteers are helping teach in the local primary school
and in an adult-education centre through MondoChallengePhoto: MondoChallenge