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

a.        Send food and furniture for poor countires

b.        They made project for education and housing in Afghanistan, Siri-Lanka, and Palestine

c.        Expanding the camp all the way to Jordan for the Syrians refugees

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

a.        Egypt

b.        Syria

c.        Sudan

d.        Palestine

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

Over 180 million

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

Housing, Education, Health 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	Rebuilding
	disasters	Mischances
	crises	Disaster
	rehabilitation	Recovery
	infrastructure	Structure
	devastation	Damage
	public utilities	Services

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

a.        Earthquakes

b.        Hurricanes

c.        Volcanos

7.                   Crescent Volunteers University

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

a.        First aid

b.        Public Relations

c.        Methods of volunteer work