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Volunteering as an IT support guy is still terrible ROI for most people here. Volunteer work in general is mostly about spending some of your time to get a goo
by Tuna-Fish 13y ago
Volunteering as an IT support guy is still terrible ROI for most people here.
Volunteer work in general is mostly about spending some of your time to get a good feeling for yourself, and advertising the charities in question. Basically everyone who haves a profession of any kind gets the best ROI in charity for their time by working, and donating the money earned doing so. This is abstract and feels less like helping people, but if your purpose really is to help and not purchasing happiness for yourself, it's what you should do.
- lifeisstillgood 13y agoAnd they take my money to ... pay someone for IT support? Homelessness is a complex problem but if you want to help that child, the second best bet is to help her parents. Help with whatever problems they have, help with overcoming racial bias, mental illness, drug addiction, poor cv, whatever. The first best bet is of course to pay for her scholarship to a boarding school. which rather stuffs her baby sister. Complicated.
- inafield 13y agoMoney isn't always enough. Sometimes numbers of volunteers are needed more than money. Money doesn't buy help, it just buys getting some jobs done.