I'm a monthly donor to UNICEF. Even though the money I donate is not alot, I firmly keep faith with UNICEF's mission: standing for every child, everywhere.
There is so much suffering in this world, and I hope that with every breath I partake in, I'm actually doing something to alleviate all that pain. And, feeding malnourished children, that sounds like the noblest thing I can do with each spare penny I have.
One reason why I chose not to get married, isn't because I don't like kids. In fact quite on the contrary, it's because I love kids too much, I don't want to be responsible just just one or two child(ren) that bares my surname. I want to reach out to more and more kids out there who might not be related to me, but instead are faces and names which give me meaning. I don't need my love to be selfish, in Buddhism we call this metta and karuna i.e. loving kindness and compassion respectively. And the best way to do it, is not to do it alone, but to tap onto United Nations' huge network of humanitarian workers, and through them I gain access to those in greatest need.
I'm still trying to figure out what's my purpose as a registered volunteer with United Nations. At this point, monetary donation is the best outlet for me here in Singapore where starvation is not exactly a problem.