Day 13: Storms that Strengthens

It's the first day of our In Community Orientation. Our supervisors had a role playing activity about conflict that could possibly happen in our team, host home and work placements. We were divided into three groups and was given time to discuss and act out.

The Three Scenarios Presented:

The Host Homes:

Conflict in the host homes may arise because volunteers and host families may be unable to follow the agreement that was set. The scenery showed people being hooked to technology making barriers between volunteers and host homes, waking up late/unable to prepare meals , not helping in household chores, and even being very drunk causing trouble.

The Team:

Miscommunication and too much Exclusivity may lead to conflict. The scenario presented were volunteers going to a beach over the weekend without telling the others. The volunteers who were left invited them to go Karaoke but was ignored because they were at the beach enjoying. The next working day turned out to be a disaster because they weren't invited to the beach and they didn't get a reply on their invitation.

The Work Placements:

Some Volunteers losing interest in meetings or activities can become a source of the conflict. The scenario presented was a volunteer having someone on the phone while having a meeting and another volunteer who seems to be tired and demotivated to work.

After the session, we talked about assignments to the different Team Committees. These are done to make the team do something aside from the current project on Deaf Inclusion.