My volunteer work

I worked in Jingqiao Rest-home as a volunteer for 10 hours. Jingqiao Rest-home is the biggest rest home in my hometown. There are about 40 elderly people and only 6-7 workers. I helped workers to cook, cleaned old people's houses and did many other small things. I went there for two days and had a nice time there. Through my work experience, I learnt a lot of things.


Old people as a vulnerable group of society need more love. When I worked there, I found that many old people's lives were becoming worse and worse. They can not do many things on their own and they need us to do more for them to make their lives better and better. In fact, many people always look down on the old people; they think the old people are always ill and dirty. Most of them are poor and can not do many things, but through my volunteer experience, I know that we should give the old people more love because everybody will become old. Many years later, we will be one of them, too. After this process, I thought of my grandparents. They are also very old. They live in a small town and far away from us. We only saw them during each spring festival. They must be lonely in most of the time. We just gave them money but we did not do what they are really needed. They need moral and spiritual comfort rather than material enjoyment, so I decided to visit my grandparents each month. I found that when I looked at their smile face, I felt happy, too. I became understand respect for others is to respect myself.


Through my work experience, I knew work with other people was important in any time. Before I worked there, I thought old people were easy to take care of, so my job was simple, I can do it quickly and nicely, but everything was not as favoring as that. Just the cleaning work was enough to make me feel tried and uncomfortable. The rooms were dirty and had a strange and bad smell, although workers had cleaned yesterday. When I came into their rooms, I felt I can not breathe. Some of the old people could not fold the quilts and clothes. I helped them to do these small things. I spent a half day to finish the cleaning work. I had a hard time to do these by myself. In the afternoon, I cooked the lunch with other volunteers. It was much easier for me to do these, even though I have not cooked so much food for one meal. I thought the most important problem is if you work with other or not. Working with other people can come up with many different ideas and more people have more strength, but how to work with other people effectively and safely? During this process, I knew we should have good personalities and characters, and then people will be willing to work with you. Next you need to encourage each other, and then all the people can have more passion. If you are a leader, you should know all the members' interest and what they are good at, and then give them the work which is suitable for them. If you are a member, you should cooperate energetically. If you are only a people, you should know what you are interest in and what you are good at, then when you work, you can play up strengths and avoid weakness.


I thought this volunteer work experience can help me know how to work with other people and how to take care of old people. In the school, we need to do many projects with groups, so the skills of communication are very useful. If all the students in our school become outgoing and good at communicating, the school will become better and better, so I think we should do more work like this.

My work experience

I worked in Dadi Kindergarten as a volunteer teacher for 10 hours in total. I felt tried but happy these days. I played games with kids and I had a nice time with them. I went there two days. This kindergarten is a new kindergarten in my hometown. It is small but beautiful. There are many large toys and nice decorations. Many kids always want to go there for fun. There are many good teachers and foreign teachers, too.



I learnt many things from my work experience, not only about how to look after the kids, but also about how to do a good job. Pay attention and be patient are the skills to take a good care of kids. Do everything should pay the price. Nothing is easy, if you do not put your effort into it, you could not do anything successful.



During the process, I knew teacher was not an easy job, especially the kindergarten teachers. They not only shoulder the responsibility of teaching, but also shoulder the responsibility to ensure the safety of children. These kids were all too young and they were naughty. They did not listening to you, so it was difficult to make them quiet and perusable. This made me thought of my mother, she is a kindergarten teacher, too. She had taught and looked after a lot of kids. She also taught and looked after my sister and me. She is a hard-working and strong person. I did not understand her pains. After the process, I became more and more care my mother. I knew she always careful and kind, so I often help her do some housework now.



Work with other people, efficiency and safety are the most important factors, but many people do not know how to do these. Through my work experience, I know that work with other people should make them be willing to work with you first. You should have a good personality and character. You also should have a good relationship. Then a list or a plan about what time who do what things can help you work more effectively. Do not go to dangerous places and do dangerous actions can make our work more safely. As an individual worker, you should improve your own ability. When you face problem, you should calm down first, then you should divergent thinking and come up with many ideas to achieve success. As a collaborative worker, you should master the skills about working with other people, and then use collectivity's ideas add you own idea to achieve success.



My job was to take good care of kids, so safety was the most requisite problem. Make sure them do not fight and run are important. I thought I would feel very easy to look after these kids, but things not as simple as I thought. When I got there, only a few kids arrived. Then people became more and more, they were noisy and not only played toys at the table, but also ran in the classroom. I thought this was dangerous and said, “Stop, stop running and sit on your chairs", but the kids did not listen to me; they still do their own things. I said again and again, but it did not work. When I went in front of them, they stopped running, but another kid began to run, I felt one person can not do the whole job. Then I worked with another teacher and did a good job. All the kids were quiet and just sat at the table. This work experience can help the other teacher to look after kids, this can reduce community's burden and make the kids there safer. This experience can make me know the importance of cooperation and rich my life. It also makes me know the pains of work. I will join more jobs like this.