1.Introduction
“Power is the ability to do good for others” – Brooke Astor
Community service is unpaid voluntary work with an aim of helping an underprivileged cause . It is important not only because you are doing good and beneficial for your community but also because taking part and volunteering teaches us comparison and understanding. We too are able to get exposure to certain things and gain knowledge and some experience from community service.
2.Social issue.
A very common social issue is the abandonment of children , which is when a parent or guardian physically deserts a child with no regard about the child's welfare, health or safety with a purpose of abandons the child . In some cases it could be when a parent a guardian fails …show more content…
Unprotected sex is cause that can be linked to this, people don’t plan for children and obviously if people are sexually active without any form of protection there is a chance of a child being born.
· Political conditions such as the difficulty in adoption proceedings can be a factor contributing to child abandonment , as can the lack of orphanages
· Teenage pregnancies is another cause of child abandonment.
6.Impact of the community
“self esteem is the main spring that slates a child for success or failure “ –Dorothy Korkille briggs.
The effect s of child abandonment is huge , it results in children being emotionally scarred and starved children begin to isolate themselves from everything and believe that no one understands them. This ends up in suicide or them resorting to something else to gain the attention of others. This is why we have so much violence and crime in our children due to the fact that no one is teaching or nurturing them.
Dee Blackie conducted a research study on child abandonment and adoption , which was based on a year investigation
The following facts were uncovered during the study …show more content…
If there were people offering assistance both emotionally and financially , this social issue could be prevented . this kind of solution would need to involve the whole community and even a bit of government assistance abandoned babies are often found in dustbins, toilets, on the side of roads and even rivers. If girls or women do not want to keep the child a type of safe house could be established for both the mother and baby . it should provide a safe environment for the mother while pregnant and ensuring the child is born in a safe environment. this will ensure the babies safety and ensure that the baby doesn't get hurt. After mothers give birth , the babies should stay there and be looked after . the babies should obviously be put up for adoption and will leave the safe house once adopted.
This house does not need to be entirely run by the government but their assistance would be needed to obviously build this place and supply it with its basic needs. what the community can do is provide essentials for this safe house such as baby food, clothes , nappies ect. the community cold also volunteer to work here , look after the children and assist pregnant girls or women
“Power is the ability to do good for others” – Brooke Astor
Community service is unpaid voluntary work with an aim of helping an underprivileged cause . It is important not only because you are doing good and beneficial for your community but also because taking part and volunteering teaches us comparison and understanding. We too are able to get exposure to certain things and gain knowledge and some experience from community service.
2.Social issue.
A very common social issue is the abandonment of children , which is when a parent or guardian physically deserts a child with no regard about the child's welfare, health or safety with a purpose of abandons the child . In some cases it could be when a parent a guardian fails …show more content…
Unprotected sex is cause that can be linked to this, people don’t plan for children and obviously if people are sexually active without any form of protection there is a chance of a child being born.
· Political conditions such as the difficulty in adoption proceedings can be a factor contributing to child abandonment , as can the lack of orphanages
· Teenage pregnancies is another cause of child abandonment.
6.Impact of the community
“self esteem is the main spring that slates a child for success or failure “ –Dorothy Korkille briggs.
The effect s of child abandonment is huge , it results in children being emotionally scarred and starved children begin to isolate themselves from everything and believe that no one understands them. This ends up in suicide or them resorting to something else to gain the attention of others. This is why we have so much violence and crime in our children due to the fact that no one is teaching or nurturing them.
Dee Blackie conducted a research study on child abandonment and adoption , which was based on a year investigation
The following facts were uncovered during the study …show more content…
If there were people offering assistance both emotionally and financially , this social issue could be prevented . this kind of solution would need to involve the whole community and even a bit of government assistance abandoned babies are often found in dustbins, toilets, on the side of roads and even rivers. If girls or women do not want to keep the child a type of safe house could be established for both the mother and baby . it should provide a safe environment for the mother while pregnant and ensuring the child is born in a safe environment. this will ensure the babies safety and ensure that the baby doesn't get hurt. After mothers give birth , the babies should stay there and be looked after . the babies should obviously be put up for adoption and will leave the safe house once adopted.
This house does not need to be entirely run by the government but their assistance would be needed to obviously build this place and supply it with its basic needs. what the community can do is provide essentials for this safe house such as baby food, clothes , nappies ect. the community cold also volunteer to work here , look after the children and assist pregnant girls or women