UNAIR NEWS –听Volunteers have a very important role in supporting the government to carry out its development, especially sustainable development.听Regarding the role of volunteers,听UNAIR NEWS听听managed to meet one of the Airlangga Knights who has an active role in the world of volunteerism.She is Wachidatul Qomariah, a student of of English Literature, Faculty of Humanities, 东京热.
Students who is known better as Icha stated that in carrying out the role as a volunteer, cooperation is the most important.听Because with good cooperation, added Icha, volunteer function to participate in the success of sustainable development program can be done well.
Regarding the important role of volunteers in sustainable development, Icha stated that the results of the efforts are not visible in the near future.听The student who started the initiation of the Urban Care community also confirmed that the slow changes can be seen from the role of volunteers, such as mental changes of students.
“Volunteer听activities are long-term activities, not short-term.听Sometimes we feel that there鈥檚 no results.听It is not seen now, but later on we can feel it, “explained Icha.
There are many challenges and obstacles to optimize the role of volunteers.听According to Icha, the toughest challenge felt to be a volunteer is to keep the community.听Teamwork of internal administrators or members of the community is tested.
“So, the internal members must be solid so that all volunteers have a sense of belonging of the organization.听So, there is a feeling to keep the community together, “he said.
Furthermore, to face the challenges, there is a solution by optimizing the role of social media.听For her, the presence of social media can help in optimizing the role of volunteerism.
“So, there are also two types of volunteers, offline and online.听Some of them have time to come.听There are also some who are active in giving ideas in social media, ” she added.
At the end, Icha explained that the role of social media can also be felt when the community organize an activity or raise funds.听“So, like collecting books for kids, we use social media.听That way, we get donations of books from various regions in Indonesia, ” she concluded.
Author: Nuri Hermawan
Editor: Feri Fenoria
