ISNR first day

·      The First day of the Event

The first official day of the event was a chaos to normal volunteers. The event opening ceremony got delayed due to weather conditions as well as the expectance of H.H.Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed AlNhayan to start the opening ceremony of the event. The volunteers went inside the exhibition building to rest and protect themselves from the windy weather. After contacting the event manager he said he needed help supporting the barriers so I suggested tying the barriers together and with the help of some of the volunteers we successfully managed to do so this made the barrier stronger and durable to windy situation and to enhance that the fire fighters suggested to put a water hose in a zigzag style beneath the barrier to stabilize the legs of the barrier.

After preparing and adjusting for the event ceremony I went to call upon the rest of the volunteers however some of them where missing and the rest were not serious enough knowing that the manager isn’t around. So I talked to them about the importance of showing the foreigners how civilized and modern our country is, and how much the UAE have given us and we should return the favor by resisting the weather conditions. So they became motivated and they stayed for the whole two shifts all the way through the event. Unfortunately from that day forward the number of volunteers stabilized to those whom participated in the first day which were roughly 30 volunteers. Even thou that some of my class colleagues where included in the volunteers list but they didn’t show up not even in the preparatory session.

That day was filled with excitement when the young volunteers did the opening ceremony

dance the whole team had a sense of accomplishment because the kids have been training all day for the past three days just for this day.