"VOLUNTEERING IS A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY": "OPEN CLASS" IN ASUE
Serial "Open Class" took place in ASUE Conference Hall today organized by ASUE Student Council, the heading was “Volunteerism among students”. Gayane Martirosyan, an expert on Civil society of “Counterpart International” organization in Armenia, Vahe Darbinyan, the responsible of Civil society program and Gayane Vardanyan, a specialist of Government Relations, conducted the "Open Class".
"Volunteering is a great responsibility. When I had an opportunity to help people with different problems for the first time I had a sense of fear. But just a few days of volunteer work and the understanding of being useful for people gave me power. Volunteering gave me an opportunity to selfapprove, overcome all fears and be useful for our society”, Gayane Vardanyan presented her own example of volunteering and assured the students to take part in volunteer works and become a full member of Civil society .
Gayane Martirosyan mentioned that volunteering gave knowledge, an opportunity to selfapprove, confidence in your own forces, and the most important the understanding of being a full member of Civil society. “Volunteering gives great spiritual satisfaction except real and tangible benefits, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of working with people”.
Vahe Darbinyan said that the volunteerism among the students developed such skills, features and knowledge, experience, which would help you to find work, to take part in international programs in future. “Today each employer gives importance to its employee’s participation in volunteer works and gives priority to those who have such experience”.
Grisha Amirkhanyan, the President of the Student Council of the Department of Managment, thanked the speakers and called the students to take part in volunteer works actively.