My Self Reflection

I volunteered at ADNEC in Abilitiesme exhibition, speicficlly in the conference. From 24^th of march 26^th. The exhibition is about special needs people and how they can be a part of the society. I met many special needs people, they are amazing! I met the UAE handicap basketball team. and a group of mens who have there own farm and plant roses to sell them. I met a blind girl, she was talking and acting like a normal girl, I didn't notice that. I learned that there is no word in the dictionary is impossible with special needs.

It was hard to volunteer in the first day, because there was many people coming to the exhibition, we were registration people who enters the conference and guide the special needs people to were they want to go. 

I had learned a lot of things about people with special needs. I really enjoyed this experience it was the first time to volunteer in my life. I learned how special needs people should be treats as normal people, because they are normal people and they can do what we can do.

The experience changed me a lot, before this volunteer I was afraid to communicate with special needs people, because it was my first time to met a special needs people. But, I find them very smart and they can achieve. It increases my self-confidence too. It will effect on me in future, because I will not be afraid of hurting there feelings now. 

In conclusion, I think we should change our view of special needs people, and understand that they can do what we can do. Volunteering can change you to a better person, and tech you some new skills. It was an amazing experience and I'm looking forward to volunteer again in my free time.

2903 Community Service – Volunteer Project plan form

2903 Community Service – Volunteer Project plan form  

Follow this template to organize the primary details about your volunteer project:

1.    Title of plan –

      Abilities me Conference- and special needs community

2.    Names of group participants:

      Rashed Alqemzi/Mohammed Albisher/ Abdulla Kalib
      Mohammed Abdul Aziz/ Marwan mahammed/ Fahad sultan

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

     Eman Al-Tamimi head of Education special needs sector
     tel:026980466/ Email: eman.altamimi@zoh.ae

4.    Purpose / what do you wish to accomplish?

Ex: this project will help the students of Al Hosan School to develop their IT skills 

    We wanted to accomplish the instruction that the regulators gave us. Which resulted in an organized       exhibition.

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

              From 24^th of March to 26^th 10:00 am till 6 pm

6.    To be successful what need to be done?

Ex: In the end, students must be able to type 20wpm English typing. 

           Need to know how to deal with the people and be positive

           Try to ask about the thing that you don’t know. 

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

            Organized event and less paper work

            For volunteer, volunteering certificate, gain experience, feel confidence and meet new people from                     different countries.  

8.    What are the aims of the project

                To learn more skills

                To be in depended

   9.    Who are the target audience, and why?

                People in the society

                Disabilities people

  10. What activities would your project involve?

             Give the people some information about the conference and register their name

             Guiding the people and give them brochure.

  11. Who would be volunteering?

              Students

              Teachers

              Anyone who would like to help society

 12. What are the benefits your project could bring to the target audience?

               Consider special needs more in their any opportunities they would offer.

  13. What problems do you think you might come across and how would you try to get around them?

               When I was in the conference there was a woman asked me about exhibition car parking payment,                     and I was confused because I don’t know the answer, then I told her to meet my supervisor.   

Final reflaction

I had Learned a lot of things about people with special needs and that it's will be a benefit  in my life, which made me look forward to volunteering again and contribute to society. I learned that there is no word in the dictionary is impossible with special needs. I have seen who has a mental disability presents a speech in Arabic and English , and some of them was a painter and also a farmer, and was visually impaired and blind that he did not notice, also do not forget the disabled who are unable to play basketball like them . Every time when I was leaving the exhibit  I were  happy to volunteer in this exhibition, I thank you once again, this volunteer was one of the best things that I tried in my life, and I am fully prepared to volunteer, and I'll try to offer ideas that benefit society .

Last Day (26th of March)

At The last day we start to work in other place than the conference room because the conference room closed,then we went to help the people in the show. We had helped the handicap painter packaging his drawing's and he thanks us for helping him also we took a picture with him for remembering. At the end of the day we receive a certificate for participating from our supervisor Eman Altamimi.

An interview with Mr.James ADNEC organiser. (voice recording).

The 2nd day (25th of March)

Our disk.
The second day of the exhibition (25th of March), which was attended by many people with special needs, also they talked about the education of people with special needs, after that we started to provide certificates for all the attendees at the conference. 

The Certificates for attending.

The big event was surprise for us on that day. HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan visit us in the exhibition, he participate in the exhibition and joined specially to those with special needs.

HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan with Emirates wheelchair basketball team.

Finally I had met with Emirates wheelchair basketball team and I watched their match which stole the attention of all those who attended the exhibition.

Me and my friends with UAE wheelchair basketball players.

Terry Fox a hero that I will never forget him

And in one of the The conference topics offered a video talking about the hero would not forget history Terry Fox an athlete and activist in support of Cancer Research and the Canadian human. In 1980 he ran across Canada, only with one leg, it was amputated after the other, to raise funds and awareness about cancer research. however, his efforts have resulted in activities to support cancer research worldwide. It has become "Terry Fox” global event annually since 1981, involving millions of participants in more than 60 countries, and is now the biggest global event to collect donations in a single day for Cancer Research. He has the effect in much of what has made me search the internet and have found the campaign in his name in Abu Dhabi called terry fox run , which is held every year at the Abu Dhabi Corniche and I wanted to join them, but unfortunately ended in the previous week, but I'll stay on the lookout for and where I'm going next year.

First day of volunteering (24 March 2014)

       In the first day of the Exhibition and Conference special needs (24th of March), from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. I was the first volunteers present, in the beginning they give us a volunteers vest, and they divide us in to two groups to register visitors,one was in the workshop which held the lectures talk about products for people with special needs, the second section is a conference room, which is held the seminars and discuss the topics and the problems of people with special needs, and I was in the Department of the registration for the Conference. at the beginning the exhibition was opened by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, and started with a short Lecture for the people with special needs, their role in society, and continued lectures with several people till four o'clock afternoon.  also they talked about the Champions Superiority on their disabilities physical, there was a lot of people and some of them made me convinced that with disabilities are heroes, where I was met a lady which was skilled virtual record in the conference and I didn’t know that because she was looking like a normal girl not like a special need. At the end of the day mahra aldhaheri advises the word disabled with seriously, perseverance, diligence and that nothing is impossible.

Special Needs Taxi

Special Needs Car from Mercedes company. ( Its Imported from London )