THE virtuous act of volunteering your time has many benefits.
Some of it is surprising, like it could make you feel like you have more time lending to the notion that giving makes you wealthier.
It also has been dubbed as a new executive training ground as skill-based volunteering could help with sharpening skills that might give you a leg up in your career.
In line with the Taylor’sphere ecosystem of going beyond intelligence, two Taylor’s University academics understand that volunteering impacts community and can also help them grow.
According to senior lecturer of Bachelor of Social Sciences in Social Innovation and Change, Dr Wan Puspa Melati Wan Abdul Halim, the act of caring for others has been ingrained since young.
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Afghan Embassy Hosts Joint Meeting For Start Of Partnership Between Oslo Metropolitan & Kabul Medical Universities.
On May 26th, the Embassy of Afghanistan in Oslo organized a joint meeting with Oslo Metropolitan University and Kabul Medical University. The purpose of the meeting was the start of long-term collaboration between the Faculty of Health Science, Orthopedics and Orthotics and Kabul Medical University in the area of research on and production of prosthetics in order to meet the needs of disabled persons in Afghanistan.
The significantly high number of disabled persons in Afghanistan is one of the results of the four-decade conflict, which has left millions of civilians maimed and wounded with physical disabilities resulting from landmines, attacks, including IEDs, other explosive devices as well as disease. The proposed initiative for joint collaboration between Kabul Medical University and OsloMet University is aimed at strengthening national programs and capacity of th
(Last Updated On: May 20, 2021)
At least 11 civilians were killed Thursday morning in a roadside IED blast in Helmand province, security officials said.
According to the officials the blast occurred at around 8 am in Bushran area when a civilian vehicle hit a roadside IED. Eleven civilians, including women and children, were killed.
Security officials said the IED had recently been planted by the Taliban, but the Taliban has not yet commented.
For several days now, there has been intense fighting between security forces and the Taliban in the Bushran area.
However, Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, said that nine people were killed and two children were injured in the incident.
(Last Updated On: May 20, 2021)
More than 11,000 applicants sat the national university entrance exam – known as the Kankor – on Thursday in Herat province, officials confirmed.
Education authorities said of these 11,000 plus students, 56 percent were women.
According to officials from the General Committee for Entrance Examinations, the Kankor has been held in 25 provinces of the country so far and the process is continuing rapidly.
They said about 190,000 applications were received from across the country, of which 60,000 are likely to be admitted to the country’s universities.
Herat University officials also say that this year, about 5,000 of the province’s entrance exam applicants will be admitted to different faculties at the university.