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
b. By implementation of
health and the social program of the Palestinian territory.
c. By making new projects that are for the
Palestinian Red Crescent society for the next three years.
2.
Name at least 4
countries the UAERC has worked in to provide various project assistance
b. Pakistan
c. Sirlanke
d. Syria
3.
What was the
estimated total cost of projects undertaken in the UAE during 2009?
-
180,830,333 million
4.
According to the
information about the foreign based projects, which group of projects received
funding of 8,373,558 Dirhams?
-
The external projects
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
|
Organization
|
|
devastation
|
Destruction
|
|
public
utilities
|
Services
|
6.
Name three
situations which are listed as �natural disasters�.
a. Flood
b. Storms
c. Earthquakes
7.
Crescent
Volunteers University
What are the three areas of training/qualification
that university students could work towards?
a. Ways of volunteering
b. First Aid
c. Human Laws
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