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Community Service Experience

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Community service is defined as voluntary work intended to help people in a particular area (Oxford Dictionary, 2015). Community service is an important aspect of education. A person is able to relate with society by understanding the daily difficulties different communities experience. This is why it is important for an individual to volunteer for community service. In the United States International University- Africa, community service is a part of one’s degree requirement. This is to ensure that the students remain in touch with the society. The site that I am completing my community service is the Songa Mbele na Masomo Centre. This paper will examine the first impression at the Songa Mbele na Masomo Centre.

2.0 Background of the Centre …show more content…

The physical challenges range from amputations to deafness and blindness. In collaboration with the Special Education Professsionals (SEP) the team assists in the learning of the disabled children. Parents and guardians receive regular training workshops on living with children who have disabilities. There are two sections within the special education unit; the special day care unit with children with extreme disabilities and are unable to support themselves whilst the other centre is the special coaching unit with children with disabilities but are able to learn …show more content…

Poverty has many impacts on families. One of these impacts is lack of education. Often children can not attend school as their parents are not able to pay the small fees and as a result fall behind in their learning. The Coaching unit provides children the opportunity to reach a level of competency before being sponsored into a mainstream educational institution. The children receive small group tuition and when necessary one-on-one

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