Greetings everyone.
I hope everyone is in good shape, starting with, is an appreciation for the consistency I have experienced in hivelearners community as a result of the dedication of the admin, moderators and also the member of this wonderful community. A volunteer is someone whose activities are rendered out of free will, it is funny when some individuals volunteer for something and they end up asking for payment when the task is finished. If someone is ready to render a helping hand, it should not be for the fact that you would be expecting something in return.
Several times I have been in position where I had to play my part by volunteering to help, one of which I will share my experience.
The experience.
It was on a Sunday evening where I heard a sudden noise around my locality, I rushed to witness what was happening and realized it was a fatal accident. Seeing how the situation was, the victim was still lying by the road side.
The one that caused the accident didn't sustain any injury while the other was severely injured. Reaching there everyone was only looking at the man, no one to help. The victim was bleeding seriously and I couldn't hold it again. I now said this is a Rural area and things are happening this way.
It's not like in Urban areas where everyone is a total stranger. They all stood looking, saying they can't recognize the person. Must recognition be made before proper action is taken? I asked myself. This bleeding may lead to death.
The mouth region was really damaged, I had to volunteer to take the man to the hospital. Getting to the hospital, the nurses around now asked who was to make payment and other things. Since some of the nurses knew me, I had to plead with them to start the treatment first and they accepted while I looked for a way to resolve the payment.
Since I knew who caused the accident, I looked for the person so he can take charge of the bills till when the family of the injured person will locate him. That happened successfully since I had to let hold of the motorcycle of the person who caused the accident.
I couldn't go to the hospital again since I was informed that he was taken good care of till the family located him. From what I was told, that since he was getting better the family had to transfer him to a nearby health center where they can easily take care of him. I then released the motorcycle to the other person and that was how the whole thing ended. When I later asked I was told he was fine completely and was happy I had to carry out the task.
This was how the whole thing happened, if I was thinking of the benefit I wouldn't have gone through that stress. Up till now the man has not looked for a way to see who took him to the hospital neither has his family.
The significant of the experience.
It does not necessarily have to be with a price tag before one initiates the idea of volunteering. Just try and play your part in where you can.
Thank you for reading.
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