Saturday, October 25, 2014

Reflection 1


At this semester we had a course called community services and its all about volunteering .We define volunteering as any activity that involves spending time, unpaid, doing something that aims to benefit the environment or someone (individuals or groups) , we did some exercises at the class .We have resolved some questions about volunteering, for example, studied in volunteering in the Red Crescent , UK volunteering , …etc.
A wonderful feeling when a person is doing something not done before I was excited to start work in my plan of volunteer Mr.Stave  decided to let every student choose place to volunteer, this the beginning to take responsibility to volunteer , and I was happy when I chose the place .
When we choose the place I was choose as first choose ADSf , ((Abu Dhabi Science Festival)) after that we did a PowerPoint about plain of the volunteering that include What volunteering means to me , Planning and volunteering , and the benefits volunteering. My group include Ahmed , Hussein and Asma . We have decided to voluntarily self-volunteer means that volunteered in any time or place we want so we chose as in our first option we chooses
  
After this we have selected a total of collective action plan to volunteer and include two sets of Ahmed, Hussein, and Asma and we do Volunteer Project plan form that include our first choice and the second ..etc.
We have decided to volunteer own volunteer means that volunteered in any time or place so  we do this table that show everything that we do and we need .

 

Where we will go?

Which days?

How many hours per day?

How many days per week

Total housr per week
h/w

Total dayes per week
d/w
Almafraq hospital

Sunday- Tuesday

4

3






14 hours












7dayes









ZHO
Wednesday -Thursday

5

2
cleaning the street
Saturday

2

2

Supporting the poor and street workers

Monday


3


2

  the important part of this course is what we give and what we receive volunteering can give me a personal sense of accomplishment and a sense of purpose.
i believe that Volunteers are consistently happier and have higher levels of self-esteem in studies of volunteers and non-volunteers and Volunteers also report lower rates of depression and increased life satisfaction when giving of themselves to care for others.Also Volunteer activities can strengthen  me the social ties that protect individuals from isolation during difficult times, while the experience of helping others leads to a sense of greater self-worth and trust.
there are a lot of Benefits in my personal life like
• gain my self-confidence and self esteem
• discover my strengths and talents
• develop a sense of independence
• have compassion for others
• raise your social awareness
• interact with a diverse range of people
• make life-long friends
• create challenging and fulfilling experiences that will turn into long-lasting memories
Benefits to my professional life
• learn social and technical skills that are transferable to any business environment
• develop inter-personal, team-building and problem-solving skills
• gain international, hands-on work experience
• explore exciting career options that will take me all over the world
• clarify my career path
By volunteering, i will change the lives of others by giving them the hope to realise their dreams .