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.        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.        Palestine

b.        Sudan

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?

-          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	Rebuild the damages
	disasters	Danger that could kill or make big damages
	crises	Time of great disagreement or confusion
	rehabilitation	To return someone or something to a good or healthy condition.
	infrastructure	Basic services that a country uses to work efficiently.
	devastation	Damage and destruction
	public utilities	An organization that supply the community

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