ZHO Volunteering reflection

Volunteering in Zayed higher organization in ADNEC for us it’s like new experience, we have learned things like even if you are not fully healthy you are capable of reaching whatever you want just don’t give up hope. When we were volunteering the past three days, the nicest thing was when you help someone and you get in return a smile or just thank you this was enough and kept us going for 5 or 6 hours a day. All in all we had a new and nice experience to work with professional people and a lot of different nationalities also were glad that we did our best to be helpful.          

ZHO Volunteering in ADNEC DAY 3

Today it was our last day as a ZHO Volunteers in ADNEC. We did a little bit of work, I took a video for UAE basket ball national team I also interviewed one of the players, and I documented some pictures that will explain what the exhibition is about. As we come to the end of our volunteering hours our team manager Eman AL tameemi have us certificate regarding for volunteering.  

ZHO (ADNEC) volunteering day 2

This is the second day as volunteers in ZHO (ADNEC); we didn’t do a lot of work today. People from different nationalities attend the conference today we gave each one of them a certificate as thanks for being here and participating in any different way in the Exhibition. We talked to a lot of people also we took some pictures with basket ball team for the special needs. Finally the most important event for today I think is we had the chance to meet his highness AL sheik saif bin zayed he thanked us for volunteering.      

ZHO (ADNEC) volunteering day 1

 

Today it was our first day as volunteers in zayed higher organization Exhibition in ADNEC. First we helped Eman  ALtameemy in organizing, I did my part as registering people for the conference and we gave some of them certificate for attending the conference and who will attend the conference for tomorrow he or she will receive the certificate after the end of the conference. I answered a lot of questions also I asked some. Then we hand out the agenda for the conference it’s a schedule of who’s going to talk, what they are going to talk about and the timing. At the end of our volunteering time   I saw a basket ball game for the special needs and some of the normal people participate with them I document it on my phone.           

LSH 2903 – Community Service – Learning /  Exercise #7

 

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.       Shu’fat Health Centre in Jerusalem

b.       providing fresh water in its water-well drilling in India

c.       Khan Younis housing for Palestinian refugees

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

a.       Lebanon

b.       Syria

c.       Somalia

d.       India

 

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

 

Around 188.7 million dirham

 

 

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

 

Projects  in areas of housing education, health ,safety

 

 

 

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	Rebuild things has been destroyed or badly damaged
	disasters	Natural damage, genocide , international assassination
	crises	worldwide negative change
	rehabilitation	To return something or someone to a good shape and healthy
	infrastructure	International Basic serves  (the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area)
	devastation	Ruin and desolation
	public utilities	Businesses that provide the public with necessities, such as water, electricity, natural gas, and telephone

 

 

 

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

 

 

a.       Earthquakes

 

b.       Tornado, hurricane

 

c.       Volcano explosion 

 

 

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

 

 

Voluntary and charitable Organizations

 

Exercise 5, 6

 

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

 

1-    Dubai and UNICEF cares support quality education to break the cycle of poverty

2-    Police increase 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
sustaining the traffic day	Respecting the low and the police, publishing posters to send a message to the people to drive safely in streets.
Abroad poorness help	Traveling to countries that need help in health and feeding.
Health knowledge	Participating in community and awake them about the food
Sport activity in parks and beach	Organizing a sport event that will give them the knowledge about how sport is really important in life.

1.     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?

 

Is working to create a culture of volunteering throughout the UAE. It offers all residents of the country an opportunity to volunteer in an Emirati environment through activities

 

 

 

 

Which year did start? And who started it?

 

It was established in 2005, started by AL Sheik Mohammed bin Zayed  

 

 

What volunteer work have they done?

1-    Volunteering in health division

2-    Takatof  house renovation survey

3-    Takatof  for special needs  

How can you help?

 

I would volunteer in one of their programs and try to do my best to help people in what they need.

 

 

Week 4 exercise 3

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? Game 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 time job______________

5.                 Zoe worked in Events Services. Where was this located? _____al the Olympic staduim_____

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.     _______fun___________

b.     ___________get to know new people ________________

c.      _________confidence _____________

d.     _________satisfaction _____________

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

_______________support people of all age’s the community rely on volunteering  __________________________________

 

 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	Admin and information volunteer
2	Samarah Hashmi	Survey analyst  volunteer
3	Oliver Stannard	Copywriter volunteer
4	Stanley Parker	Market Drayton shop volunteer
5	Camilla Williamson	Volunteer parliamentary assessment

 

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

 

There are Varity of ways to volunteer and there is no age limit