Saturday, March 29, 2014

Volunteer Project plan



2903 Community Service – Volunteer Project plan form
    Follow this template to organize the primary details about your volunteer project:

1 . The title of the plan –

   Volunteer at SKMC sheik KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY (managed by Cleveland clinic).

2 . The names of participants in the group :

 Hamad Saeed Al Hajri      
Mohammed Musabi            
Majid Saad Menhali            
omar sbeet al whshee

3 . Organization ( the name) and contact person ( Supervisor + e-mail ) :

EMAIL: VOLUNTEER@SKMC.AE
Office phone numbers :
1-  02 819 4505 - Gabriela
2-  02 819 3290 - Badria
3-  02 819 6117 - Reem


4 . Purpose / Why do you want to accomplish?
For example : that this project will help students from the School of the horse to develop the skills of their IT

This project will relieve pressure on the hospital staff and nurses work in general . And improved quality of life for the people who we served,


5 . Time / schedule : Students will volunteer for a number of hours / week? Days?

We will work for a period of at least 5 hours per week and 50 hours total with the receipt of a certificate of appreciation presented by Khalifa Hospital .


6 . To be successful you need to do?
For example : In the end , students must be able to type 20wpm typing English .

1 - find out what I am doing and earn experience as much as possible.
2 -Satisfaction .
3 -pleasing and cheerful transplant patients and change their psychology.



7 . What are the benefits to the participants ? (All of the volunteers and beneficiaries )

* Confidante to help the community .
* Gain Work Experience official.
* How to treatment with dealers and patients.
* A certificate of appreciation from the SKMC.
* Public Relations.
* Knowledge departments and hospital wards in general.

Thursday, March 27, 2014

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.

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.     maintenance and constriction the public type of life       
b.    Rebuilding in disaster- hit countries       
c.  They do about 3298 project in 17 countries helping and relief the poor people       
2.                   Name at least 4 countries the UAERC has worked in to provide various project assistance
a.      Palestine   
b.       Sudan 
c.       Morocco 
d.       Somalia  

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

AED 6 Million 


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

                External Project 

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
a thing that has been rebuilt after being damaged 
disasters
an event or fact that was unfortunate consequence 
crises
a time of intense difficulty or damage   
rehabilitation
the restoration of someone to a useful place in society  
infrastructure
the basic physical and organization structure and facilities  
devastation
great destruction or damage 
public utilities
an organization supplying the community 

 
6.                   Name three situations which are listed as �natural disasters�.
a.    Public relation committee    
b.    Social service committee    
c.     Culture committee     


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 humanitarian law      

UNICEF Activity 1: Exercise #6

UNICEF Activity 1: Exercise #6

List and discus the latest newsline events in the United Arab Emirates
1- Arab Media Award on Child Rights initiates to honor outstanding achievements.
2- UNICEF and Dubai cares support quality education to break the cycle of poverty
3- Giving Money to Jeboti for vaccination and opening health facilities
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
Sports Activities in Corniche
Explain to the people the important exercise and especially for fat people, by do a sport event.
Donating Cloth
Many people throw their cloths in the garbage, some of it is still reusable which can be donated to poor kids.
Make a short movie 
Make a short movie about the most important problems happen now a days and show to the public
Health Awareness
Make brochures and articles to educate people about health awareness 
1.     Takatof - Exercise #6
Activity 1
Using Google search for information about Takatof and answer the questions below
What is Takatof?
It is an organization for Social Volunteering. It finds creative and sustainable solutions for proven community needs. It is also a nationwide volunteering initiative in United Arab Emirates
  
Which year did start? And who started it?
It was established in 2005, started by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
What volunteer work have they done?
Formula 1 Project
Takatof Ramadan Project
Jacket Distribution Campaign


How can you help?
I can help Takatof by participating in their events and volunteer, helping the community in big or small projects.

Volunteering in different spheres of society - Exercise #5

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..
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 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
7.                  What benefits of volunteering, according to Zoe?
a.       ______fun
b.      ______confidant
c.       ____meet new people
d.      ____satisfaction
8.                  Why does David feel that volunteering in the community is so important?
____________help people to make them reach what they need.he was proud to do it . 
 This page is also from AGE UK.
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 assistant
Look again at these people and their jobs. What can you say about volunteering from the information in your chart?

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Human Rights Activity/ Exercise #4


Human Rights Activity/ Exercise #4


   1.     Present the map to the whole class.
·         Did any parts of your map have a high concentration of rights? How do you explain this?
     Yes, AlBaladiya area had a lot of prayer places, government authorities, shopping centre, schools and offcourse houses.
·         Did any parts have few or no rights associations? How do you explain this?
 No, because they were almost evenly distributed all around the map.

·         Are there any articles of the UDHR that seem to be especially exercised in this community? How can this be explained?
Article 18: Freedom of Belief and Religion.
As we've got multiple masjids in each area to fulfill people needs to practice their prayers.
·        Are there any articles of the UDHR that no group included on their map? How can this be explained? 
Article 13: Right to free movement in and out of the country.
As none of the maps showed the Airport.
Article 24: Right to Rest and Leisure.
People living in Mussafah are experiencing a lot of noise and therefore can not really rest because its an industrial area.
How could town/city planners might use information like this when they develop areas for their citizens?
Make sure that all areas in a city have the rights available to its residents not just offering them in the part of the map we had. for example: Mussafah area.