The basic trainning class of the volunteer job in World Vision

     I’ve been a translation volunteer in world vision for few months. When I lost the chance to build up a family, I needs something to make up the hallow of the family dream.  The world vision is the foundation I sponsor two kids in Bosnia. The two kids bring me lots of hope and joy after I knew I probably need to wait for a long while for my owned kids.  I sometimes would read their letters again and again to pretend I also have kids in somewhere in the world who wrote me letter. By a conference they elected, I knew they also need translation volunteers to become the bridge between the sponsors and the chidren. It sounds intersting and creative  to me. Maybe the god knew I’m not ready to be a real father but potentially a good one. He wants me learn from those kids before I becomes a real one.

 

      The world vision elected a trainning class for the volunteers this weekend. It’s a trainning class for the new comer of being a volunteer. The course contents self understanding, what’s the voluntary service, volunteer ethic, volunteer law & trend and experience sharing. It’s an 12 hours trainning. The most interesting class is the experience sharing by a lifetime volunteer in world vision Miss Yang.

 

       Talking about the world vision, everyone knew “The 30 hour famine”. The people from everywhere in Taiwan comes voluntarily to a stadium to experience 30 hours without eating anything. People tries to feel how the famine have been through by this activity. It also inspired many people sponsor or donate money or goods to the third world country. Honestly, I didn’t attend “the 30 hours famine”. But, it just one of the most famous activities people known. I will say the activity is the most efficient way to make people know the foundation and to approach those potential volunteers or sponsors. But, the amazing stories and touching scenes are all happened after you becomes one of the vounteers or sponsors.

 

        I don’t know how many people cry during the two hours she makes this speech.  Maybe her speech skill is good but I think people cried because it really touched our hearts. I just say one of them and try to make it short.

         Few years ago, there is a typhoon came to attack Taiwan and brought many damages. There is a family whose house has been flooded. Besides one person (just called John), all the other members have been killed by the flood. John is the volunteer of the world vision for years. Since John knew there’s nothing he can do for his family, after he buried his family, he immediately attends the voluntarily team of the foundation to help other families which still have chance to survive.  After the typhoon, people voluntarily to rise a donation for him. When he took the check, he said : I’m sure there are some other people need those money urgently more than I do. Please give those money to someone who needs them. So, he gave back those money and asked the foundation did the proper arragement which to give those money to some other families. That’s the taiwanese I knew. I’m glad to knew there is still real taiwanese live in this land.  

 

         I knew there are always good or bad people live in the same world. No matter which country or which race you are, the situation are all the same. However, since everybody knew this simple rule, why does the media make the world worse? There are more than 10 news channels in Taiwan. The pro-unification news channel can make a talk show to talk  about why our former corrupted president need to stay in the jail in the rest of his life every day. The pro-independance news channel can make a talk show to talk about why our current president need to fall out of the position every day.  Since the former president won’t die immediately and the current president won’t fall out right away, too, I don’t whom do they try to torture or punished. The audiences?  Yes, we’re really in a “Media Jail”. There are so many beautiful and touching stories Taiwanese made. That’s the stories worth the media broadcast.  For many taiwanese, the political persons are not the taiwanese. They are as the same as any other political person in the world belongs to another planet called “The politician planet”. Why don’t the media tell us more “real taiwanese story” than the story happens in another planet? People said if you don’t watch news channel, taiwan is a beautiful island. But, why the taiwanese tried so hard to have a media freedom but the media never tried to show us how the real taiwanese lives. Too complicated, I think it’s a lot simple if I only tried to be a real taiwanese in world vision.

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