If you both love animals, and foresee yourselves having furkids in the near future.
Experience that temporarily by heading to an animal shelter to help care for animals in need.
Here are a few of the animal shelters in Singapore you can volunteer at:
To see a person’s character, see how he treats the older generation (and animals).
You’re blissfully in love so why not spread your happiness to the older people at the centres by lending them a listening ear or chatting with them? The look on their faces will make your day.
Here are some of the places you can consider volunteering at:
If you’ve been hospitalised, you’d know there’s nothing cheery about it. So why not make the patients at Tan Tock Seng Hospital feel better?
Depending on your skills and availability, you can volunteer to help out at their ad-hoc events, accompany elderly patients for their appointment, lend a listening ear to patients or operate a Mobile Library.
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A few places such as Mendaki allow you to volunteer as a mentor for youth.
Not only do you get to make a difference in their lives, you also get to share your experiences with your S.O. even if you assigned to the same group.
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If you and your partner can take time off work, why not go abroad to volunteer?
There are various programmes you can partake in, from helping them build homes to teaching them English.
The Singapore International Foundation has programmes in different countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia.
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The eye-opening experience at Willing Hearts and Free Food for All will make you and your S.O. appreciate having food on the table.
Even if you can’t chop an onion to save a life, there are other tasks, such as food delivery, that we’re sure the two of you can do.
Every now and then, a few organisations would run collection drives to help the less fortunate, such as victims of natural disasters in neighbouring countries.
You can volunteer to help pack or take care of logistics so you can learn to appreciate life and hence, grow as a couple.
This article was first published on Cleo Singapore.
All images are taken from 123rf.com.
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