Exercise #8 Research project - Volunteers in Education

Have a look at this page on the internet:http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/browse/sectors/education.html

You should aim to cover the following points, at least.

1.              What are the aims of the project

The aim of the project is to make a sport program that concentrates on children to help them and bring them all together to have fun and the country we chose is Egypt.

2.              Who are the target audience, and why?

Mostly children, boys and girls, with some young teenagers but we don’t mix the children with the teenagers.

3.              What activities would your project involve?

Make up sport clubs in football, basketball, volleyball, cycling and more. Every 6-7 months we will make a sport day maybe include GYM sessions.

4.              Who would be volunteering? Why?

Students who couldn’t get in to college and are looking to volunteer, and any one who wants to volunteer in the summer and winter time for community service hours or for some money.

5.              What are the benefits your project could bring to the target audience?

We can help children, who are talented to join professional clubs, and to get the children to be more involved in activities out of school. Plus there are other educational benefits especially in social interaction with people and learning how sport can bring people together and it’s good for the body.

6.              How would you look into launching your project with reference to the relevant authorities in the UAE and in the country you have targeted?

Through Sport clubs, Schools, Embassies, and though the authorities who are communicating with programs like ours; in our country or in any other county and in our case it’s Egypt.

7.              What problems do you think you might come across and how would you try to get around them?

We might face problems with money, or places to host and the low numbers on volunteers. We can solve these problems with the help of the government that gives bug support or spreading brochures and going to schools and to the newspapers.

- Voluntary and charitable Organizations: UNICEF Activity #7:

Using Google search for information about Takatof and answer the questions below

What is Takatof?

-          Takatof Programme for Social Volunteering is a nationwide volunteering initiative in the UAE. It is one of the principal initiatives of the Emirates foundation.

Which year did start? And who started it?

-          It is established in 2005 in the UAE under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

What volunteer work have they done?

-          In the five years since Takatof creation, they’ve established and developed relationships with a wide range of organizations and communities who need volunteers to support their work.

How can you help?
-          Registration on Takatof, and Volunteering at my spare time to help them to serve the community and people.

- Voluntary and charitable Organizations: UNICEF Activity #6:

How can you help UNICEF? Working in groups, fill in the table below.

Ideas of supporting UNICEF	Ways of achieving it	Date of completion
Donations	-         Provide food, water and clothes.      -         Donate some money.      -         Provide books.
Spread awareness about helping UNICEF	-         Distributing brochures.      -         Events.      -         Walks “marathon”.
Fundraise	-         Campaigns.      -         Activities.
Provide living conditions	-         Shelter.      -         Medical center.      -         Schools.

- Community Service Learning – Exercise #5:

 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	Harpenden shop volunteer
2	Samarah Hashmi	Survey Analyst Volunteer
3	Oliver Stannard	copywriter volunteer, Internal Communications Team
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?

-          Volunteering is very important to develop the community. Also by volunteering you will be able to help many people in your community. Volunteering give you more experience.

- Community Service Learning – Exercise #4:

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? They continue volunteering across the country.

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

6.                  How does she describe the experience of volunteering for the Olympics and Paralympics? The best experience in her life.

7.                  What benefits of volunteering, according to Zoe?

a.       Fun.

b.      Making something happening.

c.       Meeting new people.

d.      Improve your confidence.

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

Helps the community organization and support people from all ages.

- Human Rights Activity #3:

1.     Working in pairs, go to Google Maps (or a similar site) and download an image of the map of the city of Abu Dhabi, where you live.

2.     Analyze your map from a human rights perspective. What human rights do they associate with different places on their maps? For example, a mosque with freedom of thought and religion; the school with the right to education; the post office with the right to information, to privacy, and to self-expression. As they identify these rights, they should look up the relevant article(s) in the UDHR and write the article number(s) next to that place on the map.

 

 

3.     Present the map to the whole class OR dicuss what rights are in your neighborhood.

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

- No / Because there are one big city next to Shammkha city have all the rights, so the people who live in Shammkha city can go there

- Human Rights Activity #1:

Week#3 - Human Rights Activity #1:

Working in pairs, discuss and write how these rights relate to the different levels of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs? 

- I think The UDHR come from Maslow's Hierarchy, because each article related to one or two levels of Maslow's Hierarchy. For example, articles 3,4, and 5 related to level 2 in Maslow's Hierarchy.

Zayed Higher Organization

Zayed Higher Organization

1-      The main goal(s) / purpose of the organization?                                                            

-          To be an organization that wins the trust of society.

-          Provide educational, rehabilitation, and therapeutic services, to support individuals with special needs.

2-      History? When started by whom?                                                                                 

-          April 19, 2009. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan established Zayed Higher Organization.

3-      Organization – where is the headquarters? Who is CEO? Public/Private?                 

-          The headquarters in Abu Dhabi.

-          Mohamed Al Hameli is the Chief Executive Officer of Zayed Higher Organization.

-          ZHO is public Organization.

4-      Areas/ countries active?                                                                                                      

-          In Abu Dhabi, Bani Yas, Shamekh, Shawamekh, Shakhboot City, Khalifa City, Mohammed Bin Zayed City and Al Wathba.

5-      Target recipients?                                                                                                                 

-          Special needs and Orphans.

6-      Benefits/ resources provided? Short term vs long term? What needs are met?

-          Know more about people with special needs and how to deal with them.

7-      General profile of a volunteer – who would/should get involved?

-          Must be a lengthy of mind.

-          Be calm with children.

Human Needs Activity 3:

1.     Does every human being have the rights to reach the top of the Maslow pyramid?

-         Yes, but not everyone is working hard like others and the hard work makes success and luck.

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

-         No, some people have more drive then others so they a higher level.

3.     What are the opportunities are needed to get to the higher level?

-         By having all the lower levels of maslow’s pyramid to improve him self.

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

-         Each level has own obstacles, for some people it’s hard to pass one level but for others it’s too easy to pass it.

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

-          Give them more opportunities to skip and pass the lower levels .

Human Needs Activity 1:

List the levels and specific Maslow’s human needs required by the following cases

Case	Level	Specific needs at each level
A child in hospital	1-2	Food / health
A physically disable person	4	Self-esteem / confidence
A lonely old poor lady in Sri lanka	1-2-3	Food - water / family
A shy rich widow who has a loving family and friends but has not achieved much in life	4	Self-esteem
A family trapped underground because of a bomb shell	1-2	Food - water / security of body
An orphan child who was forced to work to make a living	2	Family – a place to live in
Physically and mentally abused person	3	Social interaction
A father who lost his job and has a family to support	1-2	Food – water / resources