Professional_Knowledge

Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper Margaret Macy Gen/200 May 24, 2010 Brett Stephenson Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper When I think of the word organization, I think of helping others. Wordnetweb.edu, 2010 defines the word organization as a group of people who work together. That is the goal for most organizations; they help those in need. However, some organizations in this world have a main goal to steal from people rather than help. Those types of organizations usually do not stay around long but the harm they may cause people can last a life-time. An organization whose sole purpose is to help others in need is the Habitat for Humanity. I was first made aware of Habitat for humanity in 2009. I was looking for a place to conduct community service during my free time. I went to the organizations website, www.habitat.org, 2010 to find exactly what the organization was indeed about. The website has a fact sheet that stated the organization was found in 1976 by Millard Fuller and his wife Linda. The habitat’s main goal is to bring people of different races, religions, and backgrounds together in partnership with families in need. To date habitat for humanity has assisted in building 350,000 homes and has help more than 1.75 million people over the world. The Habitat for Humanity contributes toward increasing professional knowledge and abilities to the world by making apprentices out of the people who volunteer. Not every volunteer walks onto the job sites with full knowledge of how to build a house. The professionals at Habitat are there to teach each volunteer exactly what to do when building a house. Those volunteers then move onto other projects and teach new volunteers with the Habitat the same knowledge that those individuals were taught. Volunteering with the Habitat for Humanity is like doing on-the-job training. A person can be train on how to build a house without ever stepping a foot in a classroom. What the Habitat is doing is bringing together communities and its members by giving them knowledge of good work ethic, experience, and opportunity to help those in need. The knowledge and abilities gained from The Habitat for Humanity can affect my career mainly because I would have the experience of helping those around me in time of need. I would also know how to conduct myself in a work environment that I have no knowledge of working in. To summarize, The Habitat for Humanity is an organization that helps people from every walk of life around the entire world. In my opinion, there can be no way that a person can volunteer for The Habitat for Humanity and not learn anything from his or her experience. Whenever a person volunteers there are always a lesson to be learn and an experience to last a life-time. References Humanity, H. F. (May 1, 2010). Habitat for Humanity. Retrieved from http://www.Habitat.org University, P. (May 4, 2010). Wordnet. Retrieved from http://www.wordnetweb.edu