LSH 2903 – Community Service – Learning / Exercise #7

LSH 2903 – Community Service – Learning /  Exercise #7  =) =) =)

Charity and Volunteering in the UAE - Information and Activities

The UAE is famous for its hospitality and the desire to give one's time and efforts to help other people.

Activities

Use the following link to access the website of the UAE Red Crescent.

Once you are there, see if you can answer the following questions. This will help you to find out what the organisation does, what some of their projects are and who are the people involved in the organisation.

http://rcuae.ae/

1.                   The UAE Red Crescent has contributed to a number of building projects both inside and outside the UAE. Name three projects the UAERC has worked on

a.        building mosque in Pakistan project

b.        health and education in Maldives and Lebanon

c.        housing project in Palestine

2.                   Name at least 4 countries the UAERC has worked in to provide various project assistance

a.     pakistan   

b.       maldives 

c.        palestine

d.        syria

3.                   What was the estimated total cost of projects undertaken in the UAE during 2009?

155 million and 954$ and 600 dhs

4.                   According to the information about the foreign based projects, which group of projects received funding of 8,373,558 Dirhams?

Implementation of 186 various project in the area of housing , health , education and other infrastacture

5.                   According to the information about the Foreign Projects, the UAERC is involved in some very important work. According to the English translation, these are listed below. Try to come up with an easy explanation for each of the terms in the grid.

	Translation Term	My/Our own meaning
	reconstruction	Rebuilding something destroyed
	disasters	Something cause damage or destroyed
	crises	Disasters cause damage
	rehabilitation	Repair something after in damaged by disaster
	infrastructure	The base of a stracture
	devastation	Destruction and damage of thimgs
	public utilities	Services provided to cover the community need

6.                   Name three situations which are listed as �natural disasters�.

a.       flood

b.        earthquakes

c.        drought

7.                   Crescent Volunteers University

What are the three areas of training/qualification that university students could work towards?

a.        first aid

b.        volunteer work method

c.        the international humanation law

UNICEF + Takatof Activity: Exercise #6

UNICEF + Takatof Activity: Exercise #6

UNICEF Activity 1: Exercise #6

Open the link http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/uae_44659.html

List and discus the latest newsline events in the United Arab Emirates

1-Arab Media Award on Child Rights initiated to honour outstanding achievements

2-UNICEF and Dubai Cares support quality education to break the cycle of poverty

3-Police boost AIDS campaign in Dubai

UNICEF Activity 2:

How can you help UNICEF? Working in groups, fill in the table below.

Ideas of supporting UNICEF	Ways of achieving it	Date of completion
Housing children	taking care of them - Educating them - supporting them mentally - helping them accomplish what they want
Child survival and development	- Sending psychologists to make the children feel better even though they're living in harsh conditions. -Sending nutritionists to help fight malnutrition.
Health Awareness	Make brochures and articles to educate people about health awareness and how this issue is affecting kids in Africa.
Protection from hard working	-Awareness campaigns -support laws that forbid children working in poverty countries

1.     Takatof - Exercise #6

Click on the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMDUTjeymxk&feature=related

Activity 1

Using Google search for information about Takatof and answer the questions below

What is Takatof?

Takatuf is a authority that encourage the young people to volunteer.

Which year did start? And who started it?

 in 2007 by HH Sheik Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

What volunteer work have they done?

1-    beach cleanup

2-    Makeover

3-    Organizing social events

How can you help?

By volunteering you can do all these activities and get a certificate for your work  

Volunteering in different spheres of society - Exercise #5

LSH 2903 – Community Service Learning / Exercise #5

Week 4 - Looking at volunteering in different spheres of society.

During the summer of 2012 the Olympic Games were held in London. David Moorcroft is a former athlete. At one point he held the world record for the 5,000 metres. David can be heard discussing the importance of volunteering the Olympic Games.

Zoe Hall is a lady who was one of the volunteers at the Games. She talks about the event and how important it was at the time as well as how much it has inspired her to continue working as a volunteer.

This link is about half way down the page. Then click on 'Hear more radio features' - page 2 Volunteering  - to hear the selection again..

http://www.ageuk.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/

Listen again and see if you can work out the answers to these questions about the interview:

1.                  How old were the Games volunteers? All ages

2.                  During the Games, the volunteers had a special title. What was this special title? Games makers

3.                  Complete this quote from David… “… for a moment in time volunteering had a _____________________profile____________________ and an ______________________image___________________ that they fully ______________________deserved___________________ but don’t always get.”

4.                  David mentions that some of the volunteers are semi-retired. What does this mean? _________________half retired_____________________________

5.                  Zoe worked in Events Services. Where was this located? _______Olympic stadium _______

6.                  How does she describe the experience of volunteering for the Olympics and Paralympics?

             Best experience in her life

7.                  What benefits of volunteering, according to Zoe?

A     satisfaction

b.      fun

c.       meat new people

d.      confidence   

8.                  Why does David feel that volunteering in the community is so important?

Support people and help community – unique and hard

 This page is also from AGE UK.

http://www.ageuk.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/volunteers-week/

What volunteer roles do the following people have?

	Name	Job
1	John McArthur	Administration and Information volunteer.
2	Samarah Hashmi	Survey Analyst volunteer.
3	Oliver Stannard	Copy Writer volunteer.
4	Stanley Parker	Market Draytor Shop volunteer.
5	Camilla Williamson	Parliamentary Assistant.

Look again at these people and their jobs. What can you say about volunteering from the information in your chart?

Volunteering is a noble act done by all types of people in the society