self reflection

My Self Reflection

During this course I had to volunteer and I will talk about it. Actually it was one of my best experiences and it was exciting. My volunteering was with TAKATOF in Emirates palace for ceremony of Khalifa dates award. When I heard about it I thought it would be boring and it is just wasting of time. Later on when I arrived there and the supervisor told me what is my role I got excited to do it. My role was to host people and show them their places in that ceremony.

After I done my part I feel that I'm reliable and have many things but I didn't achieved it yet. Really it was something that makes me more confident and be awarded of cooperating with others. I learnt what the team work mean and how to deal with people from different countries and different cultures. Also I learnt that if you volunteer you would be grateful and you will got appreciation certificate for your effort by the organization you volunteer with. Other thing they respect me and I feel completely I'm different.

It was a new thing on my life and it changed my thinking about myself. This experience will make me better and it will help me to be a leader in future and it will help me to be a part of a biggest event in UAE. Also I got a new skills which increase my cooperating and my ability to work in groups.         

Interview with TAKATOF Team Leader

what is Takatoof ?

it is a social voluntary program established in 2007. it is encourage people for volunteering and helping each other. its also making culture diversity between different nationalities.

who inspire Takatoof ?

Inspired by HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. designed by the Emirates Foundation to volunteer and help other people. also it tells us the importance of the teamwork.

How do you encourage people for volunteering with Takatoof ? 

They make advertisement for the opportunities of volunteering and also they have a website you can find all details.

why should we join Takatoof ?

There are many positive points like being reliable and communicating with others and getting more self confident.  

 

our volunteering vedio

http://youtu.be/qzKpfoq2TuM

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.

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.     maintenance and constriction houses and mosques       

b.    Rebuilding in disaster- hit countries       

c.  They do about 3298 project in 17 countries 

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

a.      Palestine   

b.       Pakistan

c.       Syria

d.      Lebanon

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      

Human Rights Activity / Exercise #3

Human Rights Activity / Exercise #3

Human Rights Activity / Exercise #3

Human Rights Activity / Exercise #3

Working in pairs, discuss and choose 3-5 specific rights that relate to the different levels of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?  Mark on Maslow's Pyramid.. (attach)

1.right to life,liberty,personal security.( safety)
2. right to marriage and family.(love,belonging)
3.freedom of belief and religion. (esteem) 

4. right to social security. (safety)
5.right to rest and leisure (esteem) 

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Maslow’s Human Needs - Exercise #2

Maslow’s Human Needs - Exercise #2

Human Needs Activity 2: Exercise #2

Working in groups, discuss and answer the following questions:

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

Yes because we have the same rights.

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

yes all human being can reach that level

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

Support

Health

Employment

Property

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

Disabilities

Disasters

Lack of knowledge

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

Help others to solve their problems, or join community service department.

second day of volunteering

2^nd Day of volunteering with Takatof FROM (8AM-2pm).

 AWARD DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY.

KHALIFA INTERNATIONAL DATE PALM AWARD.

ABU DHABI EMIRATES PALACE.

In our second day of volunteering we went to Emirates palace where the ceremony will be and we arrived there we met our supervisor. He briefly told us what we have to do and our role in this event. Actually, they divide into groups and each group have different job. They asked the first group to be on doors and show the guest the way of hall. They were greeting the guest and they were really well groomed. The other group asked to arrange the guest entry by asked them to show their card to know whether they are ambassador, student or just participate because each of them have a specific place. Also they told us to tell the guest about the kind of dates and the importance of the palm tree for us. Then they asked us to greet sheik Hamed and sheik Nahayan who was the guest of honor. Later on we prepared a wheel chair because there were many handicap people who attended that award. Finally, when we finished we met the sheiks and they really were grateful for our efforts.    

                                                     here is the link for the award:

                                              http://www.kidpa.ae/main.php?lang=E