2903 Community Service Self-Reflection

2903 Community Service Self-Reflection

1-    1 First of every thing I have to say, it was actually perfect experience for us to volunteer on (ZHO) Zayed Higher Organization for special needs in Abu Dhabi in Bany Yas city.

2-   2 Actually The best part of our volunteer was so many. In the first day we were scared about dealing with special needs but during we deal with them more time we be more confidence about our self, more efficient of methods of dealing with them. we spend 25 hours with them so we conclude the result that each one of them has specialty that you cannot as person use the same method of dealing for all of them. However, I can say from my experience that most of them has one flexible method that you can use with them that you have to be kind with them and giving them support when they do their job not just as teacher but as their dream friend style. The best part was that you draw smile not just on special needs faces, also on teacher and employee faces.

3-    3 As a normal guy just by going and setting with special needs in ZHO in proposes of giving them from your life experience, that actually amazing thing that make them happy about you. About me I played football with them, I was taking lessons from them about how they can do their job, I was show them about what is the right and what is the wrong also about things that are undesirable. That was really special thing on my life but I don’t stop there actually. Furthermore, I was giving the manager there Ms Mitha AlMuhairy weekly report that include my advices for ZHO.

4-  4  Finally, I can say I was really surprised about special needs talent, yes they are not really normal people but they special actually. Some of them can work more than 8 hours without taking break, that thing you cannot see it on normal people. Moreover, that  I conclude that volunteer not just on one place on selected time while we have to volunteer on our daily life on any time for example if we face poor people hungry how we can volunteer then? Actually by giving them food for example. Most important thing that to make other people life more easy in goal to make our god happy about us.

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Interview

Interview #week5

11 Nov 2015 we completed our 25 hours of our volunteer and decided about this day to be the last day of our volunteer that each one of our group members made interview with different of ZHO employee in same day.

I decided to be in academic classes, that has been applied in this year in ZHO. Student can be ready after getting 3 years’ study on those classes to work with natural people on normal jobs. Actually this academic section made specially for the students who are with high performance, that I meet those classes student and I saw some of them who got married which confirms that they can get responsibility and can achieve in this culture.

The interview was with their teacher Mr. Raga that he decided to be in Arabic language but I translate all interview under the video.

  

After welcoming

* can you tell me about yourself?

      I’m Raga Mutea, I have bachelor in Special Education and master from Ohio university from     America furthermore I started working with special needs from 12 years ago.

*How many years in UAE?

       From 8 years as one of ZHO teachers

*How do you can categories special need and do you can deal with them?

       Each kind of special needs it has private privacy and different method that you deal with also each person of those categories has different private method that you have use with him as well as in our normal life you have different types of people that you cannot use the same method of dealing with all of them.

*Do you have any message for people about volunteer?          

       Most important thing in volunteer to volunteer in long term. I have message for the community to volunteer, knowing UAE full cultured about that. Volunteer not just during our work period while we have to volunteer in and out our work.

Finally, I thanked him about giving us some of his important time.         

#week4 of volunteer

#week4 of volunteer

Nov 3, 2015 was our fourth day of our volunteer that there was UAE Election Day (Flag day) events in ZHO. Sheikh Khalid bin Zayed was one of the participants of flag day events that which enhance our volunteer duty because as we know sheikh Khalid one of the members of the ruling family in the UAE which mean he have choice and authority for doing his other jobs but he preferred to be with special needs events on that day.

I joined two workshops, in first period I was with my special needs friends who are on Iron and Welding that I was with them in proposing of volunteer for helping the staff there also for helping the special needs. I meet Mr. Hellal Albloushi how was their teacher and he was telling me about his basic job that I surprised he is business man but just he is coming to ZHO for volunteer and spending his time in helping special needs.

Second period was in Knitting and weaving with their teacher Talal Alhashemi. Most of his workshop students was in more difficult situation than other workshop but they still producer and can achieve that not only for special needs, that each one of us in this world is cant bid but we need for someone who guide us to be capable to know what is the right and what is the the wrong also how to achieve our duties. 

Advice

 That I saw a lot of behaviors that need to be improved in those special needs who are 90% natural because they think them self over other special needs cause bad effect to their ethical habit so that there is need for giving students who are on that level more special ethical lectures which will enhance their behaviors.