Tag: Volunteer
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One Seed and One Life: How Change Happens
One seed at a time. One life at a time. That is how most change happens. I recently helped a young man in Cameroon get set up on the United Nations Volunteers portal. I walked him through the entire process while offering some “advice” based on my own personal experiences during the past 3 years.…
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Notes Along the Journey 05: To Serve and To Care
The inspiration for this particular blog comes from a marvelous work by Paul Kalanithi entitled “When Breath Becomes Air.” It is a very open and transparent book written by neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi, who was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in 2013 at the age of 36. He would die two years later while working…