2903 Community Service – Volunteer Project plan form

1.    Title of plan –

Volunteering experience

2.    Names of group participants:

Saeed AlDhaheri(H00269149)

HASAN AL ZAABI (H00269372)

3.    Organization (name) and contact person (supervisor + email):

FUTURE CENTER ( SPECIAL NEEDS)

4.    Purpose / what do you wish to accomplish?

Gain as much experience as we can and different skills possible from voluntary work. To learn how to communicate with special needs although we though its hard but eventually we gained some experience.

5.    Time/ schedule: students will volunteer for how many hours / week? Days?

Sunday : 9-10 Tuesday :9-10 Wednesday : 10:30 -12:30

Total hours done= 16 hours

6.    To be successful what need to be done?

First we need to enhance our communication skills, and observation skills. Also, the ability to act on spot. And we need to be patient so we can deal with each and every kind of disabilities. Ex:hyperactive ,downsyndrome .

7.    What are the Benefits to the participants? (Both volunteers and recipients)

 First of all we gain experience and this stays with us till lifetime. second we made a change in class and we had some ideas that helped the future center to  develop

Ex: we told them to take the kids to a movie but unfortunately we didn’t have time to go with them .

Self-reflection

Volunteering is working for an organization without being paid or even volunteering can be without organization. This year I volunteer and it was the first time for me to volunteer me and with my friend Saeed and it was a great experience to volunteer with special needs in the future center.

I have learned many things since I volunteer in the future center and most thing that I have learned is “patient” it was important to be patient with all of the students.

When we go to the future center and see the students smile even if they were special needs although they are smiling unlike who is in a good health but u see him 24 hours is not satisfied by anything around him and upset with everything.

and I was surprised that their was one student who knows when is the time for praying and he told us its time to go to the mosque but their people around me who don’t goes to the mosque even. 

This experience changed my view about the special needs because I have 2 cousins who are special needs and one of them have mentally problems and the other have physically problems but I was scared about the mentally one because on of the days he slap me and he have a strong hand even my hand is not stronger than him but after I volunteer I learned how to communicate with the special needs and every one have a special way to communicate with them, and now I can communicate with my cousins without fear and they start to love and that all goes of my experience  the future center.

interview questions

Interview of Mrs. Anjum Jaffer, Head of Education, Future Centre for Special Needs by Saeed Al Dhaheri and Hasan Al Zaabi of HCT Men’s College

Q. 1 Do you think this job requires more humanity than any other job?
AJ: It is definitely important for people working in the field of special needs to have compassion because it helps us to understand the difficulties our students and their families face and how best to help them.
Q. 2 Do you agree that this job needs patience with the students?
AJ: Yes. Patience is the key when working with individuals with special needs. Many of them learn skills at a much slower pace than typically developing people. Therefore, their teachers need to give them the time and practice they need, not get frustrated if the students are not able to learn something and find new ways of teaching them.
Q. 3. Is this Centre the best for special needs or it needs more facilities?
AJ: I do not wish to say if Future Centre is the best centre or not for individuals with special needs. However, we have received several awards including the Khalifa Award, which shows we are definitely one of the best. We are always looking for ways to improve our services.
Q. 4. How do you treat the new students?
AJ: At the beginning of the school year, new students are called to school one or two days before the others so they get used to the teachers and their classrooms. They are given special attention until they settle down.
Q.5. Can they work after they finish from the Centre and get married?
AJ: Some individuals with mild learning difficulties can work and get married. Eight of our ex- students are working now and one has got married.
Q.6. Why did you choose this job?
AJ: I liked the idea of helping children who could not study like the others but had the potential to. I felt encouraged when I saw that I had made a child learn something that he was struggling to learn for a long time. I also think that there are many people who can teach in mainstream schools and universities, but only a few like me have the qualities to teach individuals with special needs. So, I pursued this profession.

Q.7. Do you face some problems with their students, their parents? What are the problems and why?
AJ: We have not faced any serious problems with our students or their parents. We believe in maintaining a good and honest relationship with the parents, hence, the question of problems does not arise.
Q.8. What is the goal of the Future Centre?
AJ: The mission of the Future Centre is- ‘To equip individuals with necessary knowledge and skills to enable them to realize their full potential in a safe, secure and stimulating environment in order for them to lead fulfilling lives’. We work hard towards accomplishing this mission.
Q.9. Are you satisfied with this job?
AJ: Yes, it is challenging but very satisfying.
Q.10. What are the activities the students can do?
AJ: Our students are exposed to all the activities that are done in other schools but our main focus is on teaching them functional life skills. Those who are able are taught reading, writing, Mathematics, Science and Geography. They are also taught computer skills, art and craft, music and some vocational skills. Everything is taught at individual levels so each student has a chance of achieving his potential. 

LAST 2 DAYS FROM VOLUNTEERING

On the last 2 days we helped in class work as usual , and its like goodbyes moment it hurts a bit , because i got used to go there and help them 3 times a week. on the last day we went to  music class and the students started singing and one of the students played drums and your going to see it in the pictures and video below , we interviewed the supervisor Mrs.(Anjum) and the class teacher Mr.Atef but we couldn't do a video , i barely took pictures . i wish when i have free time to go back and say hii to boys .

6th and 7th

Today at future center as usual we took our volunteer card and then we went to the class after that we met the teacher and he told us that the class to day have a trip so we went to the other class also the teacher told us that the class have a trip to the cinema so we decided to help them by anything before they go to the bus .Before they go their was about 30 minutes so we decide to play with them some of the puzzles games and after that they eat their breakfast and when they finished  we took them to the bus and this how we end our day at the future center 

4th and 5th day

Today when we went to the future center we saw out teacher mister Gregory  was waiting for us because we were late at him 15 mins  and as usual we took the volunteer card and we took our teacher to the class and we introduce him to the teacher and we start our day as usual sitting with the students and I helped student called Khalid with writing and reading and after the writing they went to play a game the snake game and Khalid was organizing the numbers he played with student called Mubarak and he defeated Khalid by the last roll and after that mister Gregory lift as and we complete our day with the students with the classwork as usua

And in the next day we helped the students with math problems and how to count some of the money like 10 Dhs and till 50 Dhs