This week’s guest is John El-Maraghy, non-profit professional, and Director at Archangel Raphael's Mission (ARM).
John is was born and raised in New Jersey where he is currently based. He started his career in impact consulting and then transitioned into non-profit. He made the move when during a time of self-discovery, he he realised he wanted to be of service.
For John, it is important for him to believe in the mission of the organization that he is working for whether it is non-profit or for profit and in both his full-time job and his volunteering with ARM he has found that.
ARM was founded to be a support system for people in need. After starting out as a food service organisation, they shifted their focus to health and hygiene interventions providing mobile showers and a mobile barbershop.
Topics covered:
Career transition
Service to others
Finding your purpose
Treating others with humanity and dignity
Importance of being aligned with an organization’s mission in any type of work
How to get into volunteering
Note from Rabiah (Host):
You won’t hear it but I had SO much trouble saying the name of the organization! Thank goodness for acronyms. I learned that Archangel Rafael is the patron saint of healing and the work that ARM does definitely serves that purpose. John and I spoke about ARM’s affiliation with a church but how the involvement of the church doesn’t extend to evangelism. It is so important that when any of us set out to do charitable work as individuals or organisations, that we remove personal gain from the objectives and that’s just what happens here. I mention it to John but one thing I really appreciated in our talk, besides how he is going about giving, is the respect he has for the people he is serving in the way he talks about them. It is something I’ve thought about again in editing. I volunteer for a charity that serves the homeless in London and often think about how people are treated depending on their social status.
Sorry it has been so long since the last episode. If you’re listening for the first time, I hope you’ll go back and listen to the 100+ episodes that have been published and join us next time!
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Find ARM
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/armgives
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/armgives
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/armgives
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@armgives
Website: https://arm.gives/
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