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 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