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Citizen’s responsibility
One’s community is important and an essential part of citizen’s responsibility. I have exhibited by citizen responsibility by talking part in many welfare activities and programs. I had been a part of charity activities that was working on the initiative of supporting youth community IDPs in Iraq. I was a volunteer and helped the victims of Iraq internal displacements in 2014 who had suffered terrible incidents. I offered social and financial aid to the victims. I accepted my duty as a responsible citizen and was eager to join the mission of helping the displaced people there. The primary motive during this mission was to arrange security and safety for the people. During my three months stay at the mission I managed to reach as many people as I could. I rescued many kids who were lacking homes and food so I arranged help from different welfare agencies that were working to take care of such kids.
I believe that being a human it is responsibility of every person to help others in time of need. This is not only my religious duty but also moral obligation. If we fail to serve our community and deny our responsibility this world will become a more terrible place to live in. Hundreds of people will die of hunger, poverty and displacement. This according to me is wrong and condemnable. Being a Christian I learned from the teachings of Jesus that we must help others. I also think that be performing citizen responsibility I could satisfy my conscience and free me of the guilt of letting innocents die. It is also morally wrong to leave people in situations of displacement such as the sufferings of Iraqis. This feeling encouraged me to join the mission of helping displaced people in Iraq.
Leadership values
The most important leadership value is empathy because in welfare programs one must be able to adopt a positive attitude. This allows individual to understand the needs of the others and responding them appropriately. Empathy is focused on relating to other people and understanding what they are feeling. In the mission of supporting IDP’s in Iraq it was crucial to show empathy towards the people. This made them feel better and share their concerns. The second important leadership value according to me is ‘humility’. It is crucial for making a person realize how important dignity and respect is for other people. By showing respect to others better terms can be established with others that leads to attainment of positivity. I practices this value during my participation in community IDP’s at Iraq. During my encounter with different people I always showed respect and never made them feel bad. This value is important for welfare programs because it prevents a leader from neglecting the emotions of people CITATION Kam16 \l 1033 (Bhui, Dinos, Galant-Miecznikowska, Jongh, & Stansfeld, 2016). I also think that this value helps a leader to attain his mission of supporting humanity.
Third important leadership value according to me is ‘cultural competency’. This indicates that a leader must be able to treat people equally irrespective of their cultural and ethnic backgrounds. I believe that this value will be useful for promoting fairness and justice in the delivery of service. This is linked to the attainment of common interest that leads to the welfare of larger population. Fourth leadership value that I find most interesting is integrity. This value states that a leader must exhibit his moral strength and ethical courage. It is important to build trustworthiness and fulfill words. This is important for promoting positive relationship with the people CITATION Dan175 \l 1033 (Ames, Lee, & Wazlawek, 2017).
Issue in community
One common issue faced by the youth in my community is lack of career skills which makes it difficult to join workforce. Limited or no opportunities are offered for building skillset among young people who are completing educations and aspiring to join careers in future. Due to lack of such opportunities most of the candidates never succeed in interviews. They have to take low-wage jobs irrespective of good degrees. I would therefore want to make some changes in the education industry that will provide solution to these problems.
I would recommend to make workshops compulsory for the graduate and post-graduate students. The institutes, government and firms can arrange workshops that could explain the skillset required for joining careers. In these worships skills are taught to students such as by engaging them in challenging situation that will require them to use problem-solving attitude. My second recommendation would be to make it mandatory for all graduates to take internships and summer jobs. This will give them the opportunity of becoming part of an organization and learning practical skills. Their interaction with employees, managers and leaders will allow them to build practical skills. My third recommendation would be to suggest students to take part-time jobs during studies. This will give them ample chance to build professional skills they firms are demanding. I believe that by working on these recommendations the issue of limited job opportunities can be resolved. By having adequate experience with educational degrees youth will have better chances of entering good companies CITATION Whi14 \l 1033 (White, 2014). Finally, on joining workforce youth is also encouraged to update their skills by attending professional workshops, short courses and seminars. This will lead to the development of a stable career.
Diversity and equity
Equity according to me is that everyone in the society must have equal access to all resources irrespective of their religion, race, color, genre or political affiliation. This philosophy states that no one can enjoy privileges bases on their race or socio-economic power. Diversity means removing differences among groups and placing a single value on them. It is focused on accepting the differences based on the idea that all individuals are unique and possess different set of qualities. Equity and diversity are important in education, institutions and community because they promote harmony and acceptance. The concepts of equity and diversity are interlinked because they emphasize on encompassing acceptance and respect. I think that the purpose of these concepts is to promote interdependence of humanity among cultures. It remove differences by making people believe that everyone deserves respect. Diversity aims at recognizing personal, cultural and religion differences. By relying of these ideologies people refrain from entering into a conflicting situation. They exhibit high tolerance towards each other in different social settings. Equity and diversity are thus important for attaining peace and welfare at larger level CITATION Rob19 \l 1033 (Robinson, 2019).
Diversity and equity improve social fabric in Iraq by making people realize that everyone deserves respect irrespective of their race, socio-economic status or religion. This will improve the level of resistance because people will focus on living in peace. Discrimination of all forms can be removed by building alliances over differences. People can be made understand how they can overcome differences such as by building positive relationship. Respecting individual rights and self-identity are two important ways that help in overcoming negative feelings towards people belong to different cultures or religions. Diversity and equity will create a situation in which people will support each other and adopt a model of equitable society. Negative feelings towards other cultures and religions can be removed.
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Bhui, K., Dinos, S., Galant-Miecznikowska, M., Jongh, B. d., & Stansfeld, S. (2016). Perceptions of work stress causes and effective interventions in employees working in public, private and non-governmental organisations: a qualitative study . BJPsych Bull , 40 (6), 318–325.
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