LSH 2903 – Community Service – Learning / Exercise #8

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.        Educational Projects in: Palestine, Yemen, Pakistan

b.        Drilling of over 2254 wells all over the world

c.        Construction of over 858 mosques

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

a.        Palestine

b.        Yemen

c.        Pakistan

d.        Sudan

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

155 million and 954 thousand and 600 dirhams

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

Housing, health, education and other infrastructure 

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 of houses and buildings
	disasters	Huge natural destruction
	crises	Major issues within a country
	rehabilitation	Helping people better themselves
	infrastructure	The building blocks of the community/building
	devastation	Major Damage
	public utilities	Public toilets, wells

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

a.        Floods

b.        Torrents

c.        Earthquakes

7.                   Crescent Volunteers University

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

a.        First Aid

b.        Volunteer work methods

c.        The International Humanitarian Law

UNICEF + Takatof Activity: Exercise #7

UNICEF Activity 1:

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

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

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
Nutrition Awareness	Go to schools and hold presentations. Visit malls and handout brochures.
Smoking Awareness	Enlighten children what smoking does to you and how it affects you over time
Drug Awareness	Teach kids in school what drugs do to you and how they affect your life in the short and long term.

Takatof

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?

Takatof mobilizes people and resources across the nation to find creative and sustainable solutions for proven community needs. Takatof particularly offers young people meaningful opportunities to volunteer for humanitarian, social and community programs.

  

Which year did start? And who started it?
Established in 2005 in the UAE under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and the Deputy Supreme Commander of UAE Armed Forces.

What volunteer work have they done?

·      Formula 1 Project

·      Jacket Distribution Campaign

·      Takatof International volunteer project – Tanzanian

·      Tuscaloosa – Tornado Recovery AID

How can you help?

I will join the Takatof volunteer program and aid in projects in UAE by teaching children in school what nutrition’s are in food and what they can do to better there lives by there diet, and outside UAE for the International volunteers project in Nepal, Tanzanian, USA.

Volunteering in different spheres of society - Exercise #6

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 deserve but don’t always get.”

4.              David mentions that some of the volunteers are semi-retired. What does this mean?  They work half the average hours per week

5.              Zoe worked in Events Services. Where was this located? Lake

6.              How does she describe the experience of volunteering for the Olympics and Paralympics? Best experience in my life

7.              What benefits of volunteering, according to Zoe?

a.     Fun

b.     Satisfaction

c.      Meet new people

d.     Confidence

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

Organization that support volunteers of all ages support the community with all the free time they have.

 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	Age UK Harpenden shop Volunteer
2	Samarah Hashmi	Survey Analyst Volunteer
3	Oliver Stannard	Copywriter Volunteer
4	Stanley Parker	Market Drayton shop Volunteer
5	Camilla Williamson	Volunteer Parliamentary Assistant

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

There is something for everyone it doesn’t matter what your age, gender, or skills are you can help any many ways.