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Service Learning Assignment

  1. List the Community Partner / Organization you chose
    1. Habitat for Humanity
      • Those who volunteer for Habitat for Humanity can expect to build community buildings or homes around the world or even in their local community as well. There are long-term volunteer opportunities, group volunteer opportunities, and local volunteer work.
  2. Please write a description of Habitat for Habitat by answering these questions:
    1. What is their purpose/mission?
      • Habitat for Humanity’s main goal is to eliminate barriers to affordable and adequate housing. The organization believes that every person should have a decent place to live.
    2. What services does Habitat for Humanity provide?
      • Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization that helps renovate and build homes all over the world. Those who want to volunteer have the opportunity to work both locally and internationally. They can also choose if they want to volunteer for a long-term assignment or short-term.
    3. What needs of the community do Habitat for Humanity address?
      • Some needs that Habitat for Humanity addresses are homelessness, inadequate living environments, and making housing more affordable.
    4. Why is Habitat for Humanity important to the community?
      • Habitat for Humanity is important to the community because the organization helps provide people who are less fortunate with beautiful, affordable homes that they and their families can spend the rest of their lives in. Not only do they provide homes to the less fortunate, but they also renovate homes for families that might not be able to afford it and aren’t living in the best home situations. 
    5. Find one article/video about the organization and the work Habitat for Humanity are doing in the community.
      • https://globalnews.ca/news/7231785/coronavirus-new-build-habitat-for-humanity/
  3. After reflecting on Habitat for Humanity’s goal and mission, have your values, opinions, and/or beliefs about the importance of health changed or grown? Be specific.
    • My opinions on basic human rights have always been incredibly strong. I believe all humans no matter the income, race, sexuality, or ethnicity, every person deserves to have a roof over their head, food in their stomach, and the best care for their health. So, my opinions and belief have definitely not changed when researching the habitat for humanity organization because I have always loved what they are doing, and researching them has made me value their work even more.
  4. Thinking about the community partner:
    1. How do these services relate to your intended career field?
      • Habitat for Humanity relates to nursing because both help people who are in need.  
    2. What Degree Program (other than your current major) could it relate to?
      • Habitat for Humanity could relate to social work because many people who are social workers focus on people who don’t have the best resources like Habitat for Humanity and find them homes as well as the organization.
    3. Would you choose to pursue social work as a parallel major?
      • I personally don’t think I would pursue social work as an intended degree.
    4. Why or why not?
      • I don’t think my heart could be able to handle seeing individuals in different situations every day. With nursing, yes, there will be some bad days but you will also have some good days seeing a patient get better or something, but I feel like with social work it just might be a bad day after bad day.