Takatof Activity 3

  What is Takatof?

A program for social volunteering and helping people who suffered from natural disasters mostly.
  Which year did start? And who started it?

They started at 2005,  by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed. What volunteer work have they done?

• Takatof for School Renovation

• Takatof Ramadan Project

• Volunteering in the Health Sector

How can you help?

We can help them by entering one of their volunteering programme and supporting the people that needs help by giving them what they need so they have a basic life start.

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
Health Awareness	Aware people to do sports and be  healthy by eating healthy foods.
Abroad Poverty Aid	Search for people who need the life  needs and give them money, food  and love.
Sport activities in Abu  Dhabi	Do a sport event to aware the  people about the importance of  sports and give them the chance to  make some exercises.
Support Traffic week	Respect the rules that the police put  and be a good drivers in the street.

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- Arab Media Award on Child Rights initiated to honor outstanding achievements.

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

3- They talked with youth participation about many topics that considered important for the society and the most important one in my consider  is about the AIDS, Its to spread the awareness  in the society. 

LSH 2903 – Community Service Learning – Exercise #5

Have a look at this page on the internet:

 http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/browse/sectors/education.html

This page has some ideas about how people can volunteer through education projects.

Once you have read through the pages, you need to work in groups of 4 or 5.

In your groups, come up with a project which you think can be advanced through an educational setting. There are no restrictions, but your idea should be innovative and should aim at adding real value to the people you are trying to help.

As you are working through your project, one of you should be putting together a short presentation (PowerPoint, etc) to explain to the rest of the group what you are trying to achieve.

You should aim to cover the following points, at least.

1.                  What are the aims of the project

2.                  Who are the target audience, and why?

3.                  What activities would your project involve?

4.                  Who would be volunteering? Why?

5.                  What are the benefits your project could bring to the target audience?

6.                  How would you look into launching your project with reference to the relevant authorities in the UAE and in the country you have targeted?

7.                  What problems do you think you might come across and how would you try to get around them?

You should aim at one or two of your group making a 4-6 minute presentation to the rest of the group explaining your findings.

LSH 2903 – Community Service Learning – Exercise #3

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 Deserve but don’t always get.”

4.              David mentions that some of the volunteers are semi-retired. What does this mean?        Half work or they have a job but not all the time.

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

            Olympic stadium in London.

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.    Meeting new people.

c.     Experience 

d.     Improve your confidence

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

a. Helping the society is important

b. Helping the organization that depends on the volunteers 

LSH 2903 – Community Service Learning – Exercise #4

 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 & 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 assistance

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

There are no limits to the ages and also no limits to the experience you can gain from volunteering.

Human Rights UDHR - and Maslow

Human Rights Activity 1:

Working in pairs, discuss and write how these rights relate to the different levels of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?

1.Article 3 personal security relates to Moslow  is need for personal safety

2. Article 16- the right to Family and marriage-Moslow 3 love&belounging

3. Article 22- the right to social security and right to develop-Moslow 4 Esteem

Questions for CSL Organization Research

1.   The Main goal(s) / purpose of the organization?      
..........            

 2.   History? When started by whom?

 2003 by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan 

3.   Organization – Where is the headquarters? Who is CEO?    

 Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan       

4.   Areas/ countries active?         

Around the world                              

 5.   Target recipients?  

   Everyone need help around the world    

 6.   Benefits/ resources provided?  Short term vs. long term?

   Response Program, which was launched in 2009; to enhance the skills of medical staff and management in the field of emergency medical response. Program: Prevention, which aimsto enhance the degree of health awareness among members of society.Training Without Borders program, which aims to train medical staff, and the development of their performance in emergencies and disasters. Initiative: "Reach tender", and aims to re-Sight, and correct deformities of children, has been launched by Her Highness SheikhaFatima Mubarak.

 7.   General profile of a volunteer – Who would/should get involved?  

  Everyone can volunteer in Zayed Giving Initiative

Human Needs Activity 3

1.     Does every human being have the right to reach the top of the Maslow pyramid?

Yes, as a human beings we all can reach the top

2.     Does every human being have the capability of reaching that level?

No, because some people don't have the basic needs like food, water and property

3.     What are the opportunities are needed to get to the higher level?

You got to have a lot of confidence in yourself, and when you see a chance to achieve something grab it and achieve it, don't waste the chances

4.     What are the obstacles could stand in the way of reaching these levels?

Living in a bad environment where there are no safety, have low self esteem about yourself and doing nothing, being not creative

5.     What could you do to help others to reach the higher levels?

By helping them to surpass the basic needs by supporting them, encouraging them to have acceptance about themselves and be more creative.

Human Needs Activity 2

Match the specific needs with the five levels by writing the level number in front of each need.

                       

1.     Self-actualization                                                       _5__ Water

                                                                                           _1__ Problem solving

                                                                                           _3__ Affection

2.     Esteem

                                                                                           _3__ Family

                                                                                           _3__ Social interaction

                                                                                            
  3.     Love/Belonging                                                       _5__ Sleep          

                                                                                      
                                                                                           _4__ Employment                                                                                      

                                                                              _5__ Health

 4.     Safety  

                                                                              _4__ Property

                                                                              _1__ Creativity

                                                                              _2__ Confidence

                                                                              _5__ Food

5.     Physiologica

                                                                             _1__ Passions

                                                                              _2__ Respect

                                                                              _4__ Resources