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

first day of volunteer

1^st Day of volunteering with Takatof FROM (8AM-11AM) (4PM-10PM).

 AWARD DISTRIBUTION CEREMONY.

KHALIFA INTERNATIONAL DATE PALM AWARD.

ABU DHABI EMIRATES PALACE.

First of all we volunteer with Takatof and they told us to go to Emirates palace. When we got there we attended a seminar about the event and our role. After that they asked us to prepare the gifts for all people who will participate in this event. Actually, we collected magazines, cap, pen, 3CD, calendar and diary then we put it in a plastic bags. Then they asked us to come at 4pm to tide up the place. Later on when we come again they showed us the hall of celebration and they asked us to put the chairs and prepare the place. After we finished the preparation they told us what we must do tomorrow and how we hosting people and kindly asked them are they participate, media or embassy because we arrange a place for each of them. Also we made a rehearsal about what we will do in the next day and every one of us have a different role. Finally they told us we have to come tomorrow morning wearing our national dress and be a well groomed. 

Exercise #6

Exercise #6 

UNICEF Activity 1:

Open the link http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/uae_44659.html

List and discus the latest news line events in the United Arab Emirates

1-   support quality education to break the cycle of poverty

2-    supplies southern somalia

3-    Arab Media Award on Child Rights initiated to honour outstanding achievements

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	Going out and tell them about the health and the healthy foods
Abroad poverty Aid	Make some campaigns to collect money to help them
Sports activities in the beach	Making some competition on the beach and tell the people about importance of sport
Support the traffic week	Making more awareness signs and tell the people about the traffic rules

 Takatof

Activity 1

What is Takatof?

It is  a local foundation for volunteering. it is motivate people for volunteering in different places. also they help the community in different events.

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?

-   Taktouf Ramadan Project 
-   Tornado recovery Aid
 -   Jacket distribution campaign 
-    Formula 1 project 

How can you help?

I can volunteer with them to help the community whether it is here or abroad because the main purpose for volunteering is helping other people.

Exercise 3

Human rights activity 

Exercise 3:

·         Did any parts of your map have a high concentration of rights? How do you explain this?

yes, because everybody like to live in the place where each service they need is there.

·         Did any parts have few or no rights associations? How do you explain this?

            yes, I think it is because it is under processing of development by                   the government.

·         Are there any articles of the UDHR that seem to be especially exercised in this community? How can this be explained?

yes because we have many organisation that say everybody is equal and they have many rights. 

· Are there any articles of the UDHR that no group included on their map? How can this be explained?

No, because the slavery end.
How could town/city planners might use information like this when they develop areas for their citizens?

they can use it to know where they should put their next project and which place need more improvments

Human rights activity 1:

Self-actualization	Article  20	Article 27
Esteem	Article 6	Article 29
Love/belonging	Article 8	Article 10
Safety	Article 5	Article 14
Physiological	Article 12	Article 28

Human Needs Activity 3

Human Needs Activity 3:

Working in groups, discuss and answer the following questions:

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

Yes because everybody is equal and there is no different between             people.

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

 yes , everybody can reach this level if they put a good strategy and  organized          

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

we need self confident and the support from our family and friends and explore what we really need.

4.    

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

Love needs, self-esteem needs, physiological needs and safety needs.

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

 Depends on type of help they need. We ca ne help like safety and basic     things

6.      What are your goals?

My goals is to be a successful man in the future and develop my self and my country.  

LSH 2903 – Community Service Learning Week 4

LSH 2903 – Community Service Learning

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.

http://www.ageuk.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/

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 maker____________________

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 retired_(part time job)_________

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 on her life ____

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?

He is proud and thankful for people whom are relying on volunteers and in people on communities.
 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
2	Samarah Hashmi	Survey analyst volunteer
3	Oliver Stannard	Copy writer volunteer
4	Stanley Parker	Market Drayton shop volunteer
5	Camilla Williamson	Volunteer parliamentary assist

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

This shows that volunteers can find several places and many jobs to help people

People can do whatever they want without caring for their ages.