What can student organisations do to give back to the community? Donating to charities and organising fundraising events seem to be the most straightforward answers. However, MaltMUN’s revamped membership campaign might not only spice up the membership system but also create greater waves for students to ‘pay it forward’.
Membership Benefits
“When becoming a member of this organisation, members will benefit from ____________”.
Although these kind of statements are clever (and necessary) ways of keeping orgs alive and growing their membership count, they lack something vital. The power to do more. The Malta Model United Nations Society (MaltMUN) has retained the traditional personal benefits of memberships, but they have also added the ‘Share the Meal Initiative‘ to their membership system. A way of doing more by giving back.
You can find their membership benefits listed here:
- Keep up to date with MaltMUN’s local and international Opportunities!
- Be offered internship opportunities with International Organisations.
- Get discounts at their Annual Conference
- Get discounts at their International Delegations training and attendance.
- Have Preferential Committee Selection
- Form part of a European MUN Community
What I love about this membership system is the idea of creating a community around a set of goals and values, namely that looking beyond our own comfort and acknowledging that with very little we can do so much!
Kelly Cini, Secretary General
How Does It Work?
Matthias Azzopardi, MaltMUN’s President, explains the concept in the following statement:
MaltMUN’s mission statement is to foster excellence and there is no better way to do so than to act on the principles that the Society stands for. Through MaltMUN’s newly revamped €3 annual membership system, we have been collecting €2 euro from each membership and donating it to the UN Share the Meal Initiative.
So far, the society has collected a total of €148, which means that they have provided 211 meals for those who need it. MaltMUN’s PRO, Jeremy followed by saying;
The idea behind this system is to create a model that benefits everyone. The reality is that many organisations don’t use their membership system for large-scale profit. Following such a difficult year for all of us, MaltMUN wished to practice what it preached- to make a positive change.
Hopefully more organisations follow suit. After all, if it isn’t us making a difference than who?
Applications are open all year round. So, as Azzopardi shares his final words…
As the saying goes, if you want to walk fast, walk alone but if you want to walk far, walk with others. Indeed, our journey does not stop here. So join MaltMUN (here) today so that we may together leave a mark in the world we live in!