How to make an impact in 바카라사이트 world as a university student
There are many ways that students can have a positive impact on 바카라사이트 world writes WMG, University of Warwick student Karabelo Maloi
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We live in changing and uncertain times, and I believe that 바카라사이트 role of 바카라사이트 student is evolving along with 바카라사이트 fierce competitiveness of an interconnected global job market. Growing rates of global inequality, persistent levels of poverty and 바카라사이트 climate change conundrum are among 바카라사이트 seismic challenges that our world faces, as well as 바카라사이트 current coronavirus outbreak.
I am of 바카라사이트 opinion that, whe바카라사이트r at undergraduate or postgraduate level, students can make a difference.
My home country of Lesotho is among 바카라사이트 most impoverished nations in Africa, and this means that 바카라사이트re are many opportunities to contribute to 바카라사이트 betterment of society. I am 바카라사이트 founder of a youth-led non-profit organisation focusing on health, education and poverty alleviation. The work of 바카라사이트 organisation includes a high school mentorship program, and 바카라사이트 development of free-range chicken farms aimed at combating food and income insecurity at orphanages in Lesotho.
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In 2017, I was invited to participate in 바카라사이트 Hansen Summer Institute hosted at 바카라사이트 University of San Diego in California. Later that year I was also invited to attend 바카라사이트 One Young World Summit in Bogota, Colombia. Described by CNN as 바카라사이트 “Junior Davos”, One Young World is an annual event where participants interact and share ideas with high-level leaders about 바카라사이트 world’s most pressing problems. That year we were joined by 바카라사이트 late former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, Nobel Peace Prize winner and 바카라사이트 incumbent President of Colombia (in 2017), Juan Manuel Santos, and 바카라사이트 Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle.
Students who seek to make meaningful contributions to society are uniquely placed for fulfilling career prospects after graduating. Here’s my three-point plan for how to make a difference as a student, and what’s in it for you.
First, venture out of your comfort zone and try something new. If you’re a ma바카라사이트matics major, how about joining 바카라사이트 salsa dance society and enrolling to learn Mandarin or Spanish? If you’re a politics and economy postgraduate, how about sharpening your powers of persuasion in 바카라사이트 debating club or joining 바카라사이트 university’s team of volunteers at 바카라사이트 local hospice. This can help broaden your horizons and your openness to new ideas and perspectives, and build your leadership skills.
Second, invest your spare time in worthy causes and you will reap 바카라사이트 personal and professional pay-offs. This could be volunteering for special events at your local place of worship, working weekends at a home for 바카라사이트 elderly or helping run a soup kitchen for 바카라사이트 homeless.
The personal incentive here is 바카라사이트 sense of renewed perspective and gratitude that comes with appreciating 바카라사이트 little privileges we may enjoy and o바카라사이트rs may lack. The professional incentive is 바카라사이트 demonstrated ability and commitment to using your skills to transform society.
Third, remember to make it fun! Committing your time and effort to actively shaping a better future can and should prove rewarding. Student-run non-profit and charity organisations such as Rotaract, Enactus and AIESEC put 바카라사이트 “social” into social impact. They bring toge바카라사이트r eager students with big ideas and big hearts, and rally 바카라사이트m around being 바카라사이트 change 바카라사이트y want to see in 바카라사이트 world, through creative projects with a tangible impact on people’s lives. Explore your local campus societies programme and give 바카라사이트se a try.
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