Exercise #6 

 

 

UNICEF Activity 1:

Open the link http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/uae_44659.html

List and discus the latest news line events in the United Arab Emirates

1-    Arab media award on child rights initiated to honor outstanding achievements.

2-    Giving money to jeboti.

3-    Stop the violence in the South Sudan.

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
Health Awareness	Going out to the community and aware them about the food.
Abroad poverty Aid	Going to countries who need help to live and help them so they can live.
Sports activities in the beach	By doing a sport event that will tell the people to know the importance of sports and the exercises.
Support the traffic week	We must respect the police and respect the streets, published posters to aware the people to drive in a good and polite way in the streets.

 Takatof

 

 

Activity 1

What is Takatof?

-         It is a program for social volunteering is a nationwide volunteering initiative in the United Arab Emirates, and one of the principal initiatives of the Emirates Foundation.

 

Which year did start? And who started it?

 

       It was established in 2005, started by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

What volunteer work have they done?

-   Taktouf Ramadan Project 
-   Tornado recovery Aid
 -   Jacket distribution campaign 
-    Formula 1 project 

How can you help?

-         I would  not mind to volunteer and  help the community either it is big projects or it is small projects. Also I wouldn’t mind going abroad and helping the people who wants help because I’m a good citizen.

Exercise #5 

Listen again and see if you can work out the answers to these questions about the interview:

1.                  How old were the Games volunteers? All ages

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

Games Makers

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? Working part time

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

Olympic Stadium

6.                  How does she describe the experience of volunteering for the Olympics andParalympics? Fantastic, an experience

7.                  What benefits of volunteering, according to Zoe?

a.       Meet new people

b.      Confidence

c.       Fun

d.      Satisfaction

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

Organization that it will support the volunteers of all ages of the community with all the free time they have.

 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	Age UK Harpenden volunteer
2	Samarah Hashmi	Survey Analyst volunteer
3	Oliver Stannard	Copywriter volunteer
4	Stanley Parker	Market Drayton shop volunteer
5	Camilla Williamson	Volunteer Parliamentary Assistant

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

Stanley is 95 while Oliver is 17, this means that age doesn’t matter if you have skills you can help you can volunteer.

Human Rights Activity- Exercise #4

Human Rights Activity- Exercise #4

Human Rights Activity/ Exercise #4

1.     Present the map to the whole class.

·         Did any parts of your map have a high concentration of rights? How do you explain this? 

Yes, 1-Embassy-Right to Asylum in other countries from persecution .

        2-Mosque-Freedom of belief and religion.

         3-Hospital- Right to Life ,Liberty,Personal Security.

·         Did any parts have few or no rights associations? How do you explain this?

Yes, Mussafah area , because few people live their .

·         Are there any articles of the UDHR that seem to be especially exercised in this community? How can this be explained?

Yes! 

-Mosque-Freedom of religion

-Hospital - Right to Life

·        Are there any articles of the UDHR that no group included on their map? How can this be explained? 

Yes, Airport , Right to free movement in and out of the country 

How could town/city planners might use information like this when they develop areas for their citizens?

We concert  on where must people live and exercises.

Human Rights Activity / Exercise #3

Working in pairs, discuss and choose 3-5 specific rights that relate to the different levels of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs? Mark on Maslow's Pyramid.. (attach)

 

Freedom from Interference with Privacy  ( Safety )

Right to Social Security  ( Safety )

Right to Education  ( Self- Actualization )

Right to Life, Liberty, Personal Security  (Safety )

Right to describe work and to join Trade Unions  ( Safety-Employment )

Human Needs Activity 2:

  Exercise #2

Working in groups, discuss and answer the following questions:

 

1-     Does every human being have the right to reach the top of the Maslow pyramid?

Yes,all peopls deserve that.

2-     Does every human being have the capability of reaching that level?

No, because  some people have a lack of basic needs 

-     What are the opportunities are needed to get to the higher level?

if you got the basic needs , you may reeach the higher level 
or  gifited and have good environment or if you are talented. 

4-   What are the obstacles could stand in the way of reaching these levels?

A lack of basic needs -bad environment  -Fear.

5-     What could you do to help others to reach the higher levels?

I should support them, motivate and inspire them.

Maslow’s Human Needs Pyramid - exercise #1

Maslow’s Human Needs Pyramid - exercise #1

Human Needs Activity 1:

Case	Level	Specific needs at each level
A child in a hospital	1/2	Health, Family, Security
A physically disabled person	1-2-3-4	Health, Social interaction, Respect by others
A lonely poor old lady in Sri Lanka	1-2-3	Food, Security, Family, Social interaction
A shy rich widow who has a loving family and friends but has not achieved much in life	4-5	Self esteem, Condidence, Creativity
A family trapped underground because of a bomb shell	1-2	Food, Security, Water
An orphaned child who was forced to work to make a living	1-2-3	Security, Family, Love, Friendship
Physically and mentally abused person	2-3-4	Health, Security, Love, Respect
A father who lost his job and has a family to support	2-3	Employment, Family, Social interaction