Voluntary and charitable Organizations

Voluntary and charitable Organizations

There are many local, national and international organizations that support people or projects around the word. Two of which are:

Unicef

UNICEF is the largest and most powerful organization in matters concerning children. UNICEF is working in more than 160 countries to help children get a good and safe life.

UNICEF collects and distributes money to give children clean water and enough food, reasonable living conditions, medical aid and vaccines and the opportunity of getting an education.

UNICEF especially concentrates on helping children in specifically tough situation, such as orphans and children who live in areas of war or poverty.

In UNICEF’s annual report of 1990, the seven most important goals for the nineties are revealed:

1. To reduce the death rate for children who are less than five years old to one third of that of 1990. 2. To reduce the death rate of new-born children to half of that of 1990. 3. To reduce the malnutrition among children who are less than five years old to one third of that of 1990. 4. To ensure everybody access to clean drinking water and sanitary installation. 5. To give all children access to basic education, with the goal that 80% of all children will complete mandatory basic school.

6. To reduce illiteracy among adults to half of that of 1990, with specific attention to women’s access to education.

7. To protect children in specifically difficult situations, especially when it comes to armed conflicts.

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-They talked with youth participation about many topics that considered important for the society and the most important one in my consider is about the AIDS, Its to spread the awareness in the society.

2- UNICEF and Dubai Cares support quality education to break the cycle of poverty.

　

　

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
Support the traffic week	Publish some posters and aware people to drive safely
Sports activities in the beach	doing some events to aware the people how good is the sport and the exercises.
Geting the workers their rights	giving them less work in the hot weather or provide them ways to keep them cold and protected
protecting the society from Chronic diseases	spread the awareness about Diabetes because its one of the highest Chronic diseases in the UAE.

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?

Takatof, a programme that matches volunteers of all ages with causes of their choice, is spreading happiness wherever it can, including hospitals where chronically ill children are given colouring-in books, crayons and toys

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

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What volunteer work have they done?

_Takatof House Renovation Survey:

This project was initiated as a follow up to the Takatof – Ramadan project (above) in which Takatof conducts case studies of families who have benefited from the Ramadan project, to assess their actual needs. The most recent survey was conducted by Takatof volunteers. It showed that house renovation has become the major requirement for most families living in the Northern Emirates.

Takatof International Volunteering Programme:

This programme offers volunteers an opportunity to develop their skills and experiences outside the country, while taking part in socially responsible activities. This initiative is based on extensive cooperation with major partners who are well respected for their volunteering expertise on a global level.

_Volunteering in the Health Sector:

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

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How can you help?

I can help in the community at least once a year for this thing also it will provide a lot for the community and will contribute to many open vacancies . I will work in places that make me gained experience it help me in the future

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Voluntary Work Projects

Local projects

Health care (government hospitals and clinics)

Creating children waiting area.

Visiting the sick and presenting gifts.

Others

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Schools

School renovations.

Reading stories and fun activities for nursery children at AAWC library.

Planting.

Others.

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College

Managing the behavior of students inside the college premises.

Helping out with college events.

Managing and running the college charity bazaar.

Others.

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Potential employers

Volunteering for unpaid admin work.

Others.

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The disabled center

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Others

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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 groups of 4 or 5.

In your groups, come up with 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.

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

What are the aims of the project

Building houses and shelters, providing water and food for the evacuated people from Lebanon And provide medical aid to them

　

Who are the target audience, and why?

The Lebnanes who moved from Lebanon because of the war.

What activities would your project involve?

assisting thousands of evacuees and providing water, food and first aid services to those who need it. They are helping transport people to temporary shelter locations, registering beneficiaries, and providing logistical support to relief convoys moving towards the border with Lebanon

Who would be volunteering? Why?

everybody , because They need any form of assistance that make them live in comfort because of the problems that occur to them. We should collect donations and set up charities

to get as more many to help them in any ways

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

our project helping by providing humanitarian aid to refugees and support efforts to protect a generation of Syrian children from a life of despair, diminished opportunities and broken futures.

How would you look into launching your project with reference to the relevant authorities in the UAE and in the country you have targeted?

There are a lot of charities such as the Red Crescent will help us in this project to travel and everything starting with the instruction until we got there and finish our project

　

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

I think there are many problems that will stand in our face. The difficulty of traveling to that country and conditions there are not good becuse it is not safe

　

You should aim at one or two of your group making a 4-6 minute presentation to the rest of the group explaining your findings.