Yes, all of the objectives of the project which are to cultivate a positive attitude such as sense of empathy, responsibility and patience in oneself, to gain more new knowledge and experience in order to enhance a good communication skills when interacting with the community, and to train ourselves to be more systematic and organized in managing work were fulfilled successfully.

What I enjoyed the most about the project is that we managed to build a good relationship with the kechara staff especially with Ms Maya and Kak Erzarith as they would like it if we volunteer at KSK again in the future. For me, it means that we did great during our 1 month of volunteering.

For me, it was quite challenging to interact with the clients of the KSK. This is because I can’t really understand what they say sometimes. Other than that, it was also quite challenging working with different volunteers the first time as our working style and pace were quite different but after a while we managed to familiarize ourselves and get the work done effectively.

What has really worked well in the project is that I learned different ways to do work more systematically and organize while I also managed to bond with new people. 

What can be done to improve in this project is that maybe we can try different scope of the work during the volunteer work such as street distribution and food bank but because there’s no transportation the scope became limited in the kitchen. 

Yes, all of the objectives of the project which were to manage cultivate a positive attitude such as sense of empathy, responsibility and patience in oneself, to gain more new knowledge and experience in order to enhance a good communication skills when interacting with the community and to train ourselves to be more systematic and organized in managing work were fulfilled successfully. 

I enjoyed all the moments that I experienced throughout volunteering at KSK for the past one month. One thing I liked the most is that I was given the opportunity to share the food with the homeless by distributing the food for them during lunch. It humbled me and made me understand that I should be grateful for what I had. 

The challenging part of this project was cooperation with other volunteers, as certain volunteers were picky about the tasks they had to do because they felt the tasks were inconvenient to them and only wanted to do the simple and same task. Thankfully, the teamwork among my teammates was great as we managed to help each other in settling all the tasks together.

In my opinion, my relationship with my supervisor and other staff was great as I never felt it was a wear out or burden during my volunteering at KSK. In fact, I enjoyed and treasured all the time and memories I had at KSK. I believed that the supportive environment at KSK made me and my teammates do all the tasks efficiently with the amazing teamwork we had with each other. It also made me feel like 1 month of volunteering felt short.                             

Personally, what can be improved in the project is having my own transportation as I can participate in other activities apart from kitchen distribution, such as street distribution, and join a medical team giving medical care such as wound care to the homeless who need it.

 

Definitely a YES. The first objective was to gain exposure towards hands-on care and nursing techniques. I am now familiar and able to perform with bathing, sponging, wound dressing techniques and many more nursing techniques. The second objective was to learn proper approach to ADL dependent patients. It is achieved with daily tasks of feeding, sponging, changing diapers, positioning of the patients. The last objective was to understand the importance of a proper and suitable nursing plan and care. This is achieved by observing and carrying out every tailor-made care given to the patients at the nursing home.

I enjoyed every part of the project, it consisted of application of clinical techniques and basic human interactions. However, if I must choose, I would still say the interaction between the old folks and patients there was very interesting. Although sometimes their requests may be out of hand or completely irrational, but you still need to entertain them or sometimes even “lie” to them. It is up to our own on how you want to communicate or ‘play’ with the patients there. Sometimes, old people are just children in disguise, both cute and devious at the same time.

 

The challenging part of the project was actually having to balance out the situation between the patient, the patient’s family members and caretakers. Sometimes, it is lacking too much of understanding between those in and not in the medical fields. The family member's confidence and support towards the caregiver team stands a way more important role than I expected. There is only so much we as caregiver can do without the family member’s support. However, we still need to play our role by explaining and wanting them to understand the situation from our side. For me, this is the most challenging part of the project, having to deal and balance out the complicated dynamics.

I think I have been able to learn as much I can from the project. Being understaffed at the nursing home made me even more exposed to the caregiving plans. I needed to handle the patients independently starting the 2^nd week of the project. Although it was frightening at first, but it made me reach my full potential. So I think the nursing home being understaffed was kind of benefiting for me.

 

I think the project could have been more successful if I could have a partner/ friend alongside me. Although I have no problem in making friends at the nursing home, and I really did made some new friends there. But it would be even more enjoyable if I could have a friend that is my age since all the nurses there are all in their thirties to fifties. So I think I would be more than happy to have someone my age to experience this project with me. 

PUTERI NUR ANEESAH BT MEGAT SHAFRI

A174285

Date: 11/8/2022 – 12/8/2022

 

2)     Were the objectives of the project fulfilled?

Yes, the objectives for this project have been fulfilled. I am delighted to have managed to strengthen my communication skills, cultivate a sense of empathy when distributing the food as well as training myself to be systematic when doing the job at hand.

3)     What have you enjoyed or liked the most about the project?

Personally, I enjoyed every single moment that I have gone through during my volunteering. The special connection that I have made with new people and the staff of KSK is what I cherish the most. I am quite an introvert and doing this volunteering, has helped me to break out of my shell. Getting to see the clients smile was also something that made me feel wholesome and made me appreciate everything that I have.

4)     What have you found challenging about this project? (Any part of the project you found hard to do) 

I think the challenging part of this project is the communication between the clients as well as the other volunteers. Sometimes it was hard to distinguish what the clients said but I always tried my best to understand them and give their meal kindly with a smile. As for communicating with the other volunteers, it was a challenge to understand their way of working but after a while, we would find a common ground. Hence, we managed to get the job done efficiently.

5)     What has really worked? (Any part in the project that you thought worked well)

The strong teamwork that has been embedded within my group was what helped me to get through this whole volunteering. Other than that, the excellent relationship with our supervisor makes the work easier as I could ask her anything without feeling shy. As I got better with my communication skills, I managed to teach the new volunteers what to do during the preparation for the food distribution. 

6)     What can be improved in this project?

I think it can be improved in terms of transportation as it will help expand the choices of volunteering activities that I can do. For example, we could join in with street distribution at night and collect food for the food bank. 

A175041

15th August 2022

1. Were the objectives of the project fulfilled?
Yes.

2. What have you enjoyed or liked the most about the project?
I actually do refer to other online sources and notes for reference and i really liked it when i am able to correlate them with what i have learnt in this course. I managed to get a better understanding on a certain topic and makes them easier to memorize.

3. What have you found challenging about this project? (any part of the project you found hard to do)

Learning how to write kanji (most of them) are difficult. In my opinion, recognising and writing kanji are both entirely different skill. A person is able to recognise kanji characters if he/she know how to write them but it might not work if it’s another way round. 

4. What has really worked? (any part in the project that you thought worked well)
Making notes and completing quizzes are really helpful to grasp the concept and get a better vision of the things that i learnt. Spaced repetition technique is also a good way to memorise new vocabulary and other difficult kanji characters.

5. What can be improved in this project?

In my opinion, the course provider should prepare more quizzes and notes for the students.