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.
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. Building Schools to the poor countries
like (Pakistan, Somalia,…)
b. Building hospital in poor countries.
c. Send clothes and food.
2. Name at least 4 countries the UAERC has worked in to provide various
project assistance
a. Afghanistan
b. Sumalia
c. Palastine
d. Syria
3. What was the estimated total cost of projects undertaken in the UAE
during 2009?
6 Million AED
4. According to the information about the foreign based projects, which
group of projects received funding of 8,373,558 Dirhams?
180, 830, 333 Million
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.
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Translation Term
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My/Our own meaning
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reconstruction
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Rebuilding
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disasters
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scourge
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crises
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squeeze
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rehabilitation
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Recovery
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infrastructure
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Structure
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devastation
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Services
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public
utilities
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and organization supplying demands for the
public
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6. Name three situations which are listed as �natural disasters�.
a.
Earthquakes
b. Storms
c. Tsunami
7. Crescent Volunteers University
What are the three areas of
training/qualification that university students could work towards?
a.
first aid
b. Volunteer work
c. Organizing events
