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This is a forum for posting your comments. We at Maison Chance appreciate very much any suggestions and comments you may have in support of the cause of Maison Chance which is to help the more disadvantaged kids and disabled in Vietnam achieve their quest for a decent and respectful life. To start this great dialogue, I am posting some comments I received recently below. Thank you!

Đây là nơi mà chung tôi muốn ghi lại các cảm nghĩ của quý ân nhân và thân hữu của Nhà May Măń. Chúng tôi tại Nhà May Mắ́ń hy vong các bác và anh chị cho chúng tôi biết các cảm nghĩ và ý kiến để chúng tôi có cơ hội giúp các em mồ côi và khuyết tật tại Việt Nam. Để bắt đầu buôỉ nói chuyện, xin đọc vài cảm nghĩ mà tôi nhận được mâý ngày gâǹ đây. Cám ơn các bác và anh chị thân mêń.

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Bảo vệ: International Federation

Bài này được bảo vệ bằng mật khẩu. Để xem, hãy nhập mật khẩu:

Mật khẩu:

Can you differentiate between duty and volunteering?

A volunteer is someone who works for a community or for the benefit of environment primarily because they choose to do so. The word comes from Latin, and can be translated as “will” (as in doing something out of ones own free will). Many serve through a non-profit organization – sometimes referred to as formal volunteering, but a significant number also serve less formally, either individually or as part of a group. A volunteer work is not and should never be a required work.

Duty (from “due”) is a term that conveys a sense of moral commitment to someone or something. The moral commitment is the sort that results in action, and it is not a matter of passive feeling or mere recognition. When someone recognizes a duty, that person commits himself/herself to the cause involved without considering the self-interested courses of actions that may have been relevant previously. This is not to suggest that living a life of duty precludes one from the best sort of life, but duty does involve some sacrifice of immediate self-interest.

Please send me your comments about your experiences when you felt compelled to do volunteer work and when you felt a sense of duty.

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