How to Infuse the Spirit of Volunteering in your Children?

Do you want your children to be empathetic and kind? In that case you can ask them to accompany you to volunteering activities in India. By volunteering with you, they can realize how privileged they are.
 
Here are some ways to motivate your children to volunteer.
 
# Clean the city
 
There are many social service groups that initiate city cleaning projects. Participate in such projects to clean roads, rivers, etc in the city. You can also take your children to parks, natural reserves and beaches. This is an effective way of inculcating the habit to volunteer children India. Your children should, however, use a pick up devise and a pair of gloves for safety.
 
# Donate clothes to the poor

There are thousands of children suffering in the cold. You can ask your children to donate their old clothes to the needy. They can pack socks, shoes, mufflers, sweaters, shirts and frocks in a bag to distribute them among the less privileged. Children in orphanages and those living in slum areas will eagerly wear the clothes your children offer them.

# Visit old age homes

There are numerous old women and men staying at old age homes. They are in want of kind word and kind acts. You can take your children to the local old age home and allow them to mingle with the inhabitants. Your children will realize the importance of sympathy towards the plight of the older generation. You should also allow them to help out the inhabitants with shopping and their day to day activities. By presenting those gifts on special occasions, your children can make the beneficiaries of the old age home happy.
 
# Thank those who make our lives easy

Starting from the gardener and local librarian to the local traffic guard, we are surrounded by people who help us everyday. You can ask your children to pack a chocolate bar or a small pen inside a wrapper. They can then gift it to those people who make a difference in their lives.
 
# Teach the poor

Your children have the opportunity to go to good schools because you can afford to provide them good education. However, there are numerous parents who cannot. Their children remain uneducated or barely know the basics. In Indian villages, male children go to schools till a certain age. After that, they move out of their homes to look for a way to earn by doing menial jobs. Female children often get married after their puberty strikes. Therefore, they hardly get an opportunity to study.

Your children and other children in the community can take the responsibility to teach India volunteer. They can impart education to the wards of domestic helps, guard, milkman, etc.

# Help out animals

Most children love animals. You can take them to local animal shelters or urge them to participate in animal rescue operations. When you visit animal shelters; take animal food and first-aid provisions which are in constant demand at these shelters.
Your wards can also make beds for animals at shelters and make inexpensive soft toys for them. They can seek permission to walk dogs and adopt pets.
 
# Assist your neighbours

If you have an old-aged or cripple neighbour, you can ask your children to rake leaves or shovel the snow in their front yard. By helping others, your child will develop fellow-feeling and a sense of empathy.

Motivate your children to participate in volunteering activities. They can differentiate between their comfortable life and the hard lives lived by thousands of others. Help your offspring grow into responsible citizens.