Atypical professions: legendary volunteer Mykhailo Puryshev on FOR HR channel
Since February 24, the volunteer movement in Ukraine has not only strengthened but has grown to enormous proportions. Currently, about 61% of people have joined the volunteer assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine or their fellow citizens. About 10% helped with physical labor, 31% financially, and almost 20% with both money and labor.
The FOR HR channel invited famous volunteer Mykhailo Puryshev and asked about who volunteers are and how to master this profession. Mykhailo, the first person to start evacuating people from Mariupol under fire, helped about 1,000 citizens.
“I am often asked what it takes to become a volunteer. Well, first of all, you need to have a good heart. Without heart, you will never be able to work and create projects that resonate with people. Secondly, you need to understand what you can be useful for. If you manage social media well, then you can do that and work on the informational front. If you have “golden hands,” you can repair equipment, and so on,” says Mykhailo.
In the interview, Mykhailo admits that volunteering is not a profession as such, but a calling of the soul and a lifestyle. To work effectively, it is worth going to the front-line zones and seeing what real problems are there, only then can you help and be useful.
“I come to Bakhmut and live there to see these problems. I have one thought: to make things better here so that people can live more or less normally. When you live there, you understand what people need: water, strong points, access to information, doctors,” shares the volunteer.”
How much do volunteers earn? Why do burnouts happen, and how to join Mikhail’s team? Find out in a new interview on the FOR HR channel here.
Currently, Mikhail Puryshchev and his volunteer friends are engaged in adapting Mariupol residents in other cities of Ukraine, as well as traveling to the front-line areas with humanitarian missions. Puryshchev also actively maintains blogs on Instagram and Tik-Tok, where he publishes stories of people living under shelling.
