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.