Glory
This, this right here, is why so many people are interested in international aid work. It feels absolutely amazing when you make a difference in the lives of tens or hundreds or thousands of people.
You could be the person who builds a community center in Palestine where local children go to play and learn.
You could be the person who digs wells in rural areas far from water sources, thus providing a population with easier access to fresh, clean water.
You could be the person who trains men and women to dispense daily medication and care to those infected with HIV/AIDS, so the disease doesn't progress.
You could be the person who runs a triage center in the aftermath of an earthquake, providing immediate medical care to the badly injured.
Don't you feel awesome just reading about all the good you could do?
And, if your innards aren't already exploding with hope, joy, and general awesomeness, just imagine this scenario:
Say you pull a little girl out of the rubble of a building that's been destroyed by an earthquake. Her city has been annihilated by this natural disaster, and, as it turns out, her entire family is now dead. You patch this little girl up. You feed her, play with her, keep an eye on her as you go about your daily work. You make sure that she gets airlifted out of her ruined hometown to a safe zone.
Fifteen years later, you get an email from this little girl. She thanks you for saving her life and hopes to meet with you someday so she can introduce you to the couple who adopted her. She's in college, now, by the way, and has plans to become a doctor so that she, too, can help others when they need it most.
One good deed becomes another good deed, and then another, and then another. That's what you live for when you're an international aid worker.