week#4 - Exercise #8

Exercise #8

Exercise #8   Research project - Volunteers in Education

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 volunteer project groups. 

In your groups, come up with or choose 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; 3-5 minutes.

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

1.                   What are the aims of the project?  Helping and encouraging the orphans in Kabul, Afghanistan by providing food and shelter as well as education and encourage them to try new things.

                                                                     

2.                   Who are the target audience, and why? The Orphans, to give them moral support in what they would be doing.

3.                   What activities would your project involve? Education, sports activities such as football and encouraging them to do new things with each other and form social bonds.

4.                   Who would be volunteering? Why? Anyone who would be willing to volunteer as it is open for all ages. We see that when volunteering is open for all, not only do the volunteers help themselves but they also help the community.

5.                   What are the benefits your project could bring to the target audience? Since the orphans would see various people help them and encourage them, their self-esteem would boost up helping them be more confident in what they do even when they become adults.

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? We would look at schools, science and sports centers to help with catering the minds of children to better benefit them throughout their life, whether it is in the UAE or any other country.

7.                   What problems do you think you might come across and how would you try to get around them?  The main issue would be communication, as some might not speak the common language, we would get around this from schools or language centers, the other issue would be financing these facilities, to overcome them we would have to get donations and volunteers.

Week#3 - Human Rights Activity 3:

Human Rights Activity #3

Human Rights Activity #3:

1.     Working in pairs, go to Google Maps (or a similar site) and download an image of the map of the city of Abu Dhabi, where you live.

2.     Analyze your map from a human rights perspective. What human rights do they associate with different places on their maps? For example, a mosque with freedom of thought and religion; the school with the right to education; the post office with the right to information, to privacy, and to self-expression. As they identify these rights, they should look up the relevant article(s) in the UDHR and write the article number(s) next to that place on the map.

    . Present the map to the whole class OR discuss what rights are in your neighborhood.

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

Week#4 -Voluntary and charitable Organizations

What is Takatof?

The Takatof Program for Social Volunteering is a nationwide volunteering initiative in the United Arab Emirates. It is one of the principal initiatives of the Emirates Foundation, a charitable organization

Which year did start? And who started it?
Established in 2005 in the UAE under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and the Deputy Supreme Commander of UAE Armed Forces. Launched in Abu Dhabi in April 2007

What volunteer work have they done?

- Takatof for School Renovation: This program gives volunteers unique opportunities for semi-skilled work in revamping schools – painting, cleaning, gardening and site cleaning, as well as replacing furniture and modernizing library and laboratory facilities.

- Volunteering in the Health Sector:

Volunteers for this program perform highly useful health and administrative activities at hospitals and health centers, such as providing personal support, guidance and other services for patients, as well as receiving visitors and helping nursing staff.

- Takatof for Special Needs:

Participation in this program provides frequent opportunities for volunteers to utilize their leisure time through voluntary work for people with special needs. This develops their skills and life experience through humanitarian action, in collaboration with the various UAE centers for special needs.

How can you help?
Involve in such organizations and help to benefit and help as much as we can from these opportunities.

Week#4 - UNICEF Activity# 6

UNICEF Activity# 6

- How can you help UNICEF? Working in groups, fill in the table below.

Ideas of supporting UNICEF	Ways of achieving it	Date of completion
Housing	- Supporting them mentally - providing them with shelters - provide them with basic food and needs
Helping everyone to be educated	- Paying for anyone who can get education. - Donate books. - Open centers to teach the old people.
protecting the society from Chronic diseases	- Periodically check for everyone specially the elders. - spread the awareness about Diabetes because its one of the highest Chronic diseases in the UAE.

Week#4 - Community Service Learning – Exercise #5

Community Service Learning – Exercise #5

What volunteer roles do the following people have?

	Name	Job
1	John McArthur	Admin and information volunteering
2	Samarah Hashmi	Survey analyst volunteer
3	Oliver Stannard	Internal communication team, copy writer 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?

- Volunteering is such an inspiring experience and mutual beneficial that develops skills and also teaches your skills to others.

Week#4 - Community Service Learning – Exercise #4

Community Service Learning – Exercise #4

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 the 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 retired and half working_____

5.              Zoe worked in Events Services. Where was this located? ______Olympic Stadium - London______

6.              How does she describe the experience of volunteering for the Olympics and Paralympics? _______Fantastic and great experience_______________

7.              What benefits of volunteering, according to Zoe?

a.     ____Fun____

b.     ___Satisfaction___

c.      ____Meet new people____

d.     ___Improve self confidence____

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

____For society and community____

Week#3 - Human Rights Activity 1:

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 Maslow’s need for Personal Safety.

2) Article #16 the right to Family and Marriage – Maslow #3 Love & Belonging.

3) Article #24 the Right to Rest and Leisure - Maslow Physiological

Week #2 - Human Needs Activity 2

- 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, in my opinion everyone has the right to reach their satisfactions.

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

No, Some work hard to achieve and some just can't for some reasons.

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

 Working hard - Being surrounded by good positive environment - Complete the lower levels

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

Being Less abled - Lack of work and education 

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

   Support and encourage them as much as possible – Give them Motivation