Скачать или смотреть Improve yourself by helping others | Karolina Kazlauskaitė | TEDxKaunas

Volunteering is a win-win situation as you concurrently do something meaningful, help the community and also improve yourself as an individual with the support of people around you. Karolina Kazlauskaitė talks about her volunteering experiences and encourages us to give volunteering a go. She tells us that “genuine efforts are valued and your growth as a person will benefit your future.” Six years ago, Karolina Kazlauskaitė decided to become a volunteer for the Lithuanian emotional support hotline “Jaunimo Linija”. According to Karolina herself, “At that point in time, nine out ten people in my social circle would have told you that I was probably the last person you could expect emotional support from”. Time passed and Karolina became involved in even more volunteering activities.

Today, Karolina is Head of the Psychiatry Club at the Student Scientific Society of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, a member of the Junior Psychiatrists’ Association, and a long-time volunteer, coordinator and volunteer trainer of her very first volunteering experience, the emotional support hotline “Jaunimo linija”.

Karolina Kazlauskaitė admits that one of the personal benefits of volunteering is that it can help to improve one’s personality. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx