Young Philanthropist: We Romanticize Volunteer Work | Mostafa Hisham

Mostafa Hisham is a marketer and creative by trade, but that's not all that defines him. 10 years ago, together with a couple of friends, he started iVolunteer, an initiative to help people help people. He realised the effect helping others had on him and he wanted to help others feel it too. Ever since, his initiative engages over 4,000 volunteers every year and helps thousands across Egypt along the way.

He explains:

🟦 How volunteering helped him get over hard times in his life

🟦 How to build a low-commitment volunteering model that actually works

🟦 What volunteering adds to people

🟦 The misconceptions people have about volunteering and philanthropy

🟦 How and where to volunteer and donate

🟦 The dark side behind volunteering that no one sees

(00:00) Intro

(01:10) Background and Life Purpose

(06:06) How Community Work Started

(09:15) How Helping Others Helps Oneself

(12:33) Relationships in Volunteer Work

(14:32) Scale and Empathy to the World

(18:21) Showcasing Community Work

(20:46) Community Work & Feeling Safe

(26:11) How to Get into Community Work

(28:04) Volunteer Psychology

(29:40) Creating a Working Volunteering Model

(40:01) Philanthropy, Impact and Scale

(44:27) The Dark Side of Philanthropy

(50:18) How to Decide Where to Donate

(52:41) The Boring Side of Volunteering

(54:32) The “Becoming” in Philanthropy

(59:22) Closing

If you're anything like me, if you've ever thought about the ins and outs of community work, then this episode is for you.

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