JAKARTA — Living her daily life as an employee of a private company, it turns out that Metty Bethasia (27) has an interest in volunteering activities. The woman who is familiarly called Metty now often fills her time for benefit, which is playing a role in social activities.
“I’ve wanted to participate in volunteering activities for a long time, but in the past I didn’t know where to access or channel. At first I was inspired to be like my tutors back then. They are students who provide free tutoring, I am really amazed by their sincere actions,” said Metty.
Today, Metty involves herself in several social activities, such as breaking her fast with orphans and the underprivileged. She has also held other social activities, one of which is sharing iftar meals on the streets.
“I don’t know if it’s actually called volunteering or not, but for me it’s still a social activity. From there, I want to continue to participate in similar activities even more. I finally joined an activity called Euphoria 3.0. It was really exciting to accompany the children for 2 days and 1 night. Until the end of the event, we were all sad with the children,” she said again.
Until 2023, Metty joined Dompet Dhuafa Volunteer (DDV) and started with orphans and the underprivileged glorification activity entitled “Remember” at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII). Being with orphans and the underprivileged while volunteering becomes one of the factors to get more involved for Metty.
“I love kids, playing with them, especially when seeing their happy laughter, so it’s like the best therapy, I think. It feels like… when we help or make others happy, at that time, we actually help and make ourselves happy,” explained Metty.
She hopes that there will be more people who care and hold volunteering activities like this. Thus, more opportunities are open to join the volunteer experience in social activities. (Dompet Dhuafa / Dhika Prabowo)