IMPACT 0264: ADVOCATING THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY

Afzal is a full-time student majoring in social work and has been volunteering for the past five years. He is passionate about community building initiatives and hopes to give back to society in any way that he can. Encountering an elderly lady at an event sparked his interest in community building, and he has never looked back since then. As a social work student, he hopes to influence the education of youths to be community-centric and support their growth by creating meaningful initiatives together.

This illustration recounts the meeting Afzal had with the elderly lady, depicting the moment when he helped her carry her microwave to her home while chit-chatting.

This article was published on Nov 11, 2021