Hi my name is Hijrah Saputra, from Aceh, Indonesia. I work as
graphic designer at Piyoh Design and creative leader at The Leader that create
creative program for children and youth in Aceh, Indonesia. I am
a participant of the Professional Fellows Program, sponsored by the U.S.
Department of State and administered by American Councils for International
Education.
The
Professional Fellows Program brings emerging leaders in the fields of
legislative process and governance; civic engagement; NGO management; economic
empowerment and entrepreneurship; and journalism from around the world to the
United States for intensive fellowships designed to broaden their professional
expertise. Participants spend approximately one month in the United States,
during which they receive hands-on exposure to national legislative offices,
state legislatures, local government offices, businesses, and non-profit organizations
through carefully designed full-time fellowships.
I volunteered at Rosie’s place. Rosie's Place was founded in
1974 as the first women’s shelter in the United States. Their mission is to
provide a safe and nurturing environment that helps poor and homeless women
maintain their dignity, seek opportunity and find security in their lives.
I worked in a dinning room to serve meals for
about a hundred of homeless women around Boston. I worked on Friday November 3rd
2017 with another volunteers from Harvard and Boston University students, They
are Cester, Kim, Alexa, and also another YSEALI Fellows, Seng Thong from Laos.
It started at 10.30PM till 2.00AM.
I and Seng prepare for the Bread and soup |
I
challenged myself into something I never thought that wasn’t for me, Served the
homeless women and worked with a new person from another place randomly. Exciting!
It’s an unforgettable moment in my life.
I definitely
would recommend to youth to do the volunteer work, specially people who likes
to helps the other. Life works in mysterious ways, Volunteer work think of as
an exchange. The favors people has done for you in life, you are just returning
it to a different activities. Everyone needs support or help at least one point
of their life, might not be now but someday. So while you have the opportunity
to give the help, might as well do it because tomorrow it might be you who is
in need of that help.
My Self, Cester and Seng Thong |
Thank
for YSEALI and Rosie’s place for giving me unforgettable moment in Boston.
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