This project helped me to start seeing what being a global citizen is like. It showed me that a good global citizen won’t only talk, but take action as well. Ryan, one of my teammates, helped illustrate this when he said, “Out of the millions of dogs with a bark, which ones will actually bite?” One pattern I saw in my work was that the people I gave stuff to were usually friendly, so I didn’t have to worry that much. I learned about the perspective of a giver. Most of the time, I take things but never fully give back.
One prediction we had was that the homeless we would work with might be crazy – around 40% of all homeless in Hawaiʻi have a mental condition. However, in the actual work, we were lucky in the sense that we got the 60% who donʻt have mental conditions, which was nice. An effective long term plan is very important. If you have a good plan for a long time, you will most likely have good results; if you have a junk plan for a long time, you will most likely have junk results. You get out what you put in. Getting the supplies together worked out okay. The “issues” were from within the group, but they were from things we canʻt really control. All the members in our group live all over the island: Makakilo, North Shore, Moanalua, Makiki, etc. This made it harder for us to meet up at one place. The organization we were working with is all the way on the North Shore, so for some people, getting there was tricky. Also, sometimes a group member was absent, so we couldnʻt really communicate with them effectively. All in all, this project was pretty cool. It was a learning experience in all sorts of ways. I got to see all the planning and behind the scenes work that goes into a service project. I learned how to work with complete strangers. And best of all, I started making my foundation for being a global citizen, and hopefully more service work will make that foundation solid so other service is easy.
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Logan KauinaI was raised in Makiki. I enjoy working out, Jiu Jitsu, and playing guitar. I'm also a sophomore at Kamehameha Schools. Archives
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