Personal Narrative: My Experience At A Children's Aid Society

Studying Laws combined will give me the skills applicable to a variety of traditional and nontraditional law careers to help others. I have a particular interest in the way that legislation can have profound impacts on others lives and the way litigation is an important means of readdressing issues and achieving justice for the individual and society.

One of the reasons why I am pursuing a law degree is to fight against the perpetuated injustices in my community back home in Kenya, and those that occur globally. I believe that Berkeley Law is the best school to train me on how to tackle social injustice and public interest advocacy, especially due to its great public interest and international law reputation, which allows students to receive an experimental learning experience by getting involved in Berkeley Law’s sponsored clinics. If accepted, I would love to get involved in the International Human rights Law clinic, Policy Advocacy clinic, and the East Bay Community clinic.

2006- Joining Focus children organization – This was the first nonprofit organization that I ever joined. It dealt with handicap kids in developing countries. I believe that I became sensitive to co-cultures that exist in our world. It made me realize how hard it is for others to try and live and adapt to the dominant culture.

Although I have thoroughly enjoyed the time spent in the classroom and around Grounds acquiring valuable knowledge, and sharing ideas with others in the UVa family, I find my involvement in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program and the successful 20 Big Brothers Campaign, to be the endeavors I cherish most. With the multitude of activities that UVa offers on Grounds, one can become buffered and insulated from neighbors in the greater Charlottesville community. My role as a big brother takes me out of my “academical comfort zone” and provides an opportunity to contribute to the growth and development of one young, disadvantaged member of this community. Interacting with my special nine year-old allows me to gain new perspectives while positively

There have been two major opportunities that have shaped and impacted me: serving with Calvary Kids Care and watching a girl’s cabin on Thursday nights at Camp Brookwoods and Deer Run. I started volunteering with Calvary Kids Care my freshman year in high school. The first time that I ever held a baby, I was terrified. I had no idea if I was holding her correctly, or if I looked as uncomfortable on the outside as I felt on the inside. The little ball of life that I held in my hands kept trying to snuggle closer, but I held the baby away from me, afraid that I would crush it if I let it get too close. This first experience led to many, and thus my partnership with Calvary Kids Care was formed. I started to work with the kids, mainly newborns

Wow, I did not expect this to happen. As my son and I grab all of our belongings and put all of the furniture in the attic where it won't get water damage we hurry to get out.”Jack get the dogs and put them in their crates while I get the jet skis ready.” Have you ever seen so much water! That picture is of my house underwater, sad right. It is August 25, 2017 and the huge amount of water just hit our house. As we get on the jet skis with cloths, money, 2 dogs, and some belongings my son and I start bawling and yelling; we don't know if we'll ever step foot in our house again.

I am an intelligent and outgoing person who is fully committed to complete my Justice Studies program in your institution if given the opportunity. Born in 1978 into a family of two Corrections Officers, My parent’s works for the Government in one of the prisons in Nigeria called Ikoyi Prison. Since I was a child, I have always been interested in following their footsteps as a Correction officer.

I worked with the temples staff and organized a weekly soup kitchen to feed the less fortunate people around the area of South San Francisco and San Bruno. My tasks entailed washing dished, cleaning the mandir is there were enough people to help with the soup kitchen. Also serving food, cleaning the murtis, making the food and also going to help buy groceries to prepare the food, if needed. I volunteer at the mandir on the weekends along with my sister and my parents. This activity allows me to not only spend time with my family, but also give back to my community by preparing and serving food to the less fortunate. Additionally, in order to raise funds for the soup kitchen, as we say in hindi langar, I meet with the fundraising committee as

What I learned about my ability to work with young children is that they need a level of patience for them to work through the problem on their own. I also learned that for the child to be most engaged you have to make it interesting for them to learn, and that children tend to have a short attention span, especially when doing math over a long break. For Ezra we made a deal that if we would complete all the math questions to the best of his ability then we would spend some time playing outside. By interviewing Ezra I found that addition comes pretty easy to him and that math is one of his favorite subjects in school. I learned that at this age children prefer to turn simple subtraction questions into addition questions and round the numbers up to 10’s for easier mental math. If I was going to do this again I would ask

I am a first-year law student at The George Washington University Law School, and am writing to express my interest in the legal internship the organization is offering this summer. I am interested in this opportunity because I have a passion for human rights and civil liberties and I plan to pursue a career in international human rights law.

This is Journal #5. My placement is at Weakley County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Dresden, Tennessee. The fifth day I attended my placement was on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. I volunteered from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

My journey at Terrence Cardinal Cooke over the past six weeks has been a remarkable eye-opening experience and adventure. This was my first professional opportunity volunteering in a health care setting. I’ve heard volunteering in a health care setting builds character and allows you to grow as a person but I never expected that volunteering here would actually have such an impact on my life and mentality. I’ve been able to learn so many things from the staff here especially gaining working hands on practice with Dr. Komal and learning about how she compassionately cares for her patients.

I stood there face to face with my social worker, she tells me worst news I have an “appointment”. That lie, I instantly knew, I run off back to my class I was in to avoid what I knew was going to happen, going to a treatment center. She then forced me out of class by getting a teacher to get me from class and I then knew my life was going to come to an end for some time. As we were getting into the car we sat in silence as I begin to tear up in the pain I was going to be facing for a while. Then I got out of the car when we got there not wanting to face the fact still till I met Marcia the main desk person and we talked some. I had to answer a few questions and all that lame stuff you do when entering a treatment center. Marcia was comforting me as she knew not a single kid likes to face treatment centers since it takes away a teen's life.I deserve where i’m in there has been a ton wrong with drugs and guys in my life.

I am interested in an opportunity to intern with the African Refugee Development center. My goal is to help people meet their greatest challenges in their darkest times and empower them about change and opportunities. Now that I have finished my first degree, I am ready to broaden my range of volunteer work before I apply for a masters degree in psychology. I truly believe my purpose is to help others. I believe it would be an excellent opportunity to develop my interest in social change and psychology, a field I wish to study and pursue professionally in the future. If the African Refugee Development center has a need for a dedicated Intern, I would be thrilled to have the opportunity to aid.

Similarly, our presence and partneship at Fairview Elementary school has given us the opportunity to care for the social, emotional, and education needs of the whole sudent body. Now, test scores in math, reading and science have all substatially increased. With your help, we would like to place a staff member at second school in need this year to help transform more young lives.