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community service self-reflection
1#
I started volunteering in October 12th at a place called Future Center, this
place deals with children that have special needs and need support from adults
to function normally. The center is located in Mohammed Bin Zayed .
The best part of volunteering for me was that when I was starting a new
experience in life, and this was special because I wasn't doing something for
me only, I was helping children. The children I was in charge of were five
children, four of them had autism and one had down syndrome. I also
loved interacting with the children and helping them do simple stuff such as
drawing or writing . Furthermore I always enjoyed helping people, so knowing
that I made a difference in these kids life
even if were small makes me happy
and proud of myself.
3#
My volunteering efforts helped the community by bringing awareness to a cause
that not a lot of
people are aware of, despite people knowing about
disabilities and how they affect humans, they are not very aware of special
needs children who should be handled differently than the average child.
Furthermore, when I volunteered I helped the children do tasks that made it
easier for them to do because I believe that even special need children need to
at least experience one fun experience for them to feel comfortable. I also
read for the children stories and helped them with their work in school and
interacted with them despite the communication limit between us I still managed
to understand them.
4#
Working
with special needs children taught me that they are just like normal children,
they misbehave and want attention from adults just like any child. They want to
feel loved and cared for by adults because they need to feel love and safety or
else they will start to act out and make problems for everyone around them. I
also discovered a caring and gentle side of me that I never knew existed till I .started working in the center, and I learned that patience is the best tool to
care for children
