Catch the Volunteer Bug at the UAB

Quim Escura, a Sociology student, was on the CROMA volunteer programme. He tells us that he was able to deal with children of very different characteristics, and that he learned more from them than they learned from him. Rabia Aselman is a student of Social Education at the UAB and has taken part in volunteering with girls who are in care. She says the experience helped her to overcome her prejudices and work with vulnerable sectors of society, offering them new opportunities to gain equality. Paula Sánchez, a Biology student, explains that being an environmental volunteer has helped her to "meet people, enjoy the campus and learn".

On the following video you can hear the stories of these three FAS volunteers and many others.



Learning and personal growth are the benefits that all UAB-community volunteers highlight when recounting what they have obtained from the experience.

The FAS is entering the new academic year determined to continue growing and adding to the power of volunteering. Anyone in the UAB community – students, administration or teaching staff – can come to the FAS offices in the Plaça Cívica for information on the different programmes available, or check out the Volunteering section on the website.

Which volunteer programme do you want to take part in?

The FAS sees volunteering as a tool for transforming society in a world of inequalities. By taking part in a volunteer programme you can learn about the lives of persons who are in a situation of vulnerability and help to improve them.

This year, the FAS is offering volunteer positions in prisons, social education, social and health care, and the environment. To join up, come along to the offices on the Plaça Cívica, send an email to fas.voluntariat@uab.cat, or fill in this form. You will then be invited to a session on the programmes you are interested in. Catch the bug and feel the power of university volunteering! Use some of your free time to learn and make small changes that can gradually turn into great ones.