20-May-2014 (our last day)..

On 20th of May from 5:00 to 7:00 was the last day for us, we started with some exercising in the GYM then we trained and played Football and to make them ready because they have match on 30-May in Dubai. I started motivating them and I played with them. At the end I told them that this is our last day in volunteering, they came to shake hands with me and they were sad about that, really i feel sad for this day and I will miss them badly and sure I will not forget them and  ill try to visit them in the future. Also on my bad luck my fone was low battery and i coudnt take selfies with them and capture about today.

5-May-2014 (seventh day)..

On 5th of May at(5:00-7:00) we started with them. First we started with some of exercises to raise the fitness power on them.

Then we made two groups my group and Saeed group. I think that the Distribution wasn't fair because Saeed tooked all the good players for him and the bad player for me. The match finished and Saeed team won the game of curse.  

when I sat down to take a rest, there was a boy watching me all the time and trying to make me laugh and really he was funny and he told me to take a picture of him and put it on Facebook lol, and this is his picture.

30-April-2014 (sixth day)..

28-April-2014 (fifth day)..

28-April-2014 was our fifth day in volunteering which means our 3rd week. like before we went to the club and we had a new company ( Saeeed Mohamed ), first he was with other group and he didn't started with them and they finished their work probably, so he joined us.


First the couch showed as the Attendance and the schedule for them and what Championship they do have.
then we started excising them into three groups like



then in my group we started a new challenge (who gets highest score), we started playing football then Hand ball then Basket ball, my team scored 35 goals, second team 25 and the third team 20 goal, so my team won the challenge and they were very happy. then we sited down and I thanked them for their attitude and their Enthusiasm also Saeed said that for them, And Amani and Haleema were playing basket ball with the girls.

24-April-2014 (fourth day)..

I coudnt go there because I had some cold and fever so I prefered to stay at my apartment and having a piece of cake .

21-April-2014 (third day in volunteering)..

21 of April was our third day that is probably (week 2). First we want to the main office and they gave us a sport uniform for ZHO, that contain t-shirt, Trousers athlete and Jacket athlete and a bag to put our clothes.

Then we went ahead to the Army Force Club wearing this training suit. the Boys were playing Football in two teams, I started being a Football coach on the first team then i joined them and played with my team.

Amani and Haleema were playing Basketball, Amani was so excited and she played well but Haleema didnt play too much because she was wearing Sandals.

16-April-2014 ( second day in volunteering )..

on 16-April, it was our second day in volunteering. we want to the army force club and we met a girl called Fatima i think, she is a runner and she got a lot of medals and prizes and really she is a championship. and this is here video while she was training

then we want to zayed sports city, there were some disableds playing bowling. we met them and talked to them and they were really funny then they showed us their skills in bowling and asked us to join them. they were really amateur in this game. and these are some photos that I taked from that day.

introduction and our (first day in volunteering )..

Today in 15-Apr-2014 we started our first day in our project, our project is to volunteer and what does it means and to help other people and share their feelings, so we choosed Abu Dhabi club for special needs that is located in Almaqtaa, first we want their and we met the principal of the club, his name is Faleh Meshaal and he was so kind and respectful with us and we talked about the club that refers to Zayed higher organaization. and the putted a schedule and talked about the history of this club and a little bit of him, then showed as what we will do there and this is the head place.

then we had a look around the place and it contain an offices and Gym,clinic and small backyard .

then we went to army force club that is located beside sheikh Zayed mosque there were the players play and train every day and there were the playgrounds located for them, because the new compound is under construction.

when we reached there we found a couple of disabled divided into two groups were playing Football and really I marveled how the plays and they were good really.

Also there were some girls playing basketball behind football game

and this picture is me and the manager Faleh Mashaal

at the end we disscused what days and hours per week that we will work,so this was our first day in Abu Dhabi club for special needs.

Volunteer Project plan form

2903 Community Service – Volunteer Project plan form

2903 Community Service – Volunteer Project plan form

    Follow this template to organize the primary details about your volunteer project:

     1.    Title of plan –

Supporting the region's Special Needs Community Conference.

     2.    Names of group participants:

j       a-Abdelrahman Khalid Abdalla ALHaarthi

d      b-Haleema yousef AlHosani

        c-Amani Alshamei
d        d- Saeed Mohamed Alhashemi

     3.    Organization (name) and contact person (supervisor + email):  

       Faleh Meshaal - faleh,mushaal@zho.ae

     4.    Purpose / what do you wish to accomplish?

     5.    Time/ schedule: students will volunteer for how many hours / week? Days?   

      2 hours per days-16 hours for the project

      6.    To be successful what need to be done?

Ex: In the end, students must be able to type 20wpm English typing.  

              

      7.    What are the Benefits to the participants? (Both volunteers and recipients)

 8.    What are the aims of the project

2    9 .    Who are the target audience, and why?

3   10 .    What activities would your project involve?

         playing with them - guiding them - helping and being the coach on them

4   11 .    Who would be volunteering?

5   12 .    What are the benefits your project could bring to the target audience?

6   13 .    What problems do you think you might come across and how would you try to get around them?

Exercise #7

LSH 2903 – Community Service 

 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 projectsboth inside and outside the UAE. Name three projects the UAERC has worked on

a.Construction of 858 masjids

b.Drilling of 2254 wells

c.Building houses.       

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

a.Sudan

b.Palestine

c.Pakistan

d.Syria

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

188 million dirhams.

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

                  Projects in areas of housing, health, education and other infrastructure.

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	Building something that has been damaged or destroyed.
	disasters	Great harm, damage, death or serious difficulty.
	crises	Time of great disagreement or confusion
	rehabilitation	To return someone or something to a good or healthy condition.
	infrastructure	Basic services(transport, power supply) that a country uses to work efficiently.
	devastation	Damage and destruction
	public utilities	Services supplied to public like water,gas and electricity.

6.Name three situations which are listed as �natural disasters�.

a. Floods

b.Earthquakes

c.Volcanoes

7.Crescent Volunteers University

What are the three areas of training/qualification that university students could work towards?

a.First aid

b.Volunteer work methods

c.The International Humanitarian Law

Exercise #6

Takatof Activity+UNICEF  : Exercise #6

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-  Police boost AIDS campaign in Dubai.(It's a campaign to aware people about AIDS and it included a march through the streets of Dubai).

 
2-Arab Media Award on Child Rights initiated to honour outstanding achievments.(It's an award for the best written story that represents best the children rights).

3-UNICEF and Dubai Cares support quality education to break the cycle of poverty.(It's a campaign to collect donations to educate 1 million child).

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
Basic education	Send books, stationery and volunteering teachers.     -
Child survival and development	1-Sending psychologists to make the children feel better even though they're living in harsh conditions. 2-Sending nutritionists to help fight malnutrition.
Children protection	1- Protect them from hot weather by sending air conditioners. 2-Protect them from cold weather by sending heavy clothes and building shelters.
HIV \ AIDS and children	1-Cooperate with red crescent to provide medicines and doctors within and out of the country. 2- Educate people about the dangers of this disease.	-

1.     Takatof - 

Click on the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMDUTjeymxk&feature=related

Activity 1

Using Google search for information about Takatof and answer the questions below

What is Takatof?

It is a voluntary social program that provides youth with social and humanitarian volunteering opportunities to help others that aren't capable of helping themselves.

  

Which year did start? And who started it?It started in 2007 by His Highness Sheik Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

What volunteer work have they done?1-Community Projects (Environment): Spread awareness among youth to build an environment conscious culture.

2- Ramadan Projects: Spread responsibility among volunteers and allow them to help others in the holy month.

3-Community Projects (Makeover): Give the youth a chance to help maintain community centres and houses of underprivileged families.

How can you help?By getting involved in the projects initiated by Takatof to help others and give back to my community.

Exercise #5

Volunteering in different spheres of society - Exercise #5

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. Then click on 'Hear more radio features' - page 2 Volunteering  - to hear the selection again..

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?

They were from all ages.

2-During the Games, the volunteers had a special title. What was this special title?

 Games Makers because without the games wouldn't have really existed.

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? 

They're delivering a message to the community what to continue to do so.

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

 In Olympic Stadium.

6-How does she describe the experience of volunteering for the Olympics and Paralympics?

 It was the best experience of her life

7. What benefits of volunteering, according to Zoe?

a.Fun

b.Satisfaction

c.Confidence

d.Meeting new people

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

1- They're a unique bunch of people.

2-Organizations depend on them from all ages.

3-They give some of their valuable time to the community.

 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	Administration and Information volunteer.
2	Samarah Hashmi	Survey Analyst volunteer.
3	Oliver Stannard	Copy Writer volunteer.
4	Stanley Parker	Market Draytor Shop volunteer.
5	Camilla Williamson	Parliamentary Assistant.

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

Volunteering isn't restricted for a specific age range or unemployed people. Its a humanitarian job that anyone can do to give back to their society.