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 mosques
b. Homes and schools
c. Drilling for water wells
2. Name at least 4 countries the UAERC has worked in to provide various project assistance
a. Egypt / Yemen
b. Sudan / Ghana
c. Lebanon / Syria
d. India / Pakistan
e. Niger / Uganda
3. What was the estimated total cost of projects undertaken in the UAE during 2009?
The
cost of the development and reconstruction projects carried out by the
Authority until 2009 is 155 million and 954 thousand and 600 dirhams,
the cost of about 20 projects in several countries
4. According to the information about the foreign based projects, which group of projects received funding of 8,373,558 Dirhams?
The areas of housing , health and education
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
|
Rebuild
| |
disasters
|
Big problem
| |
crises
|
Big big problem that might not be solved
| |
rehabilitation
|
Rebuild and start again to grow strong again
| |
infrastructure
|
Schools, mosques, houses, government buildings
| |
devastation
|
Unbelievable and shocked
| |
public utilities
|
Public parks
|
6. Name three situations, which are listed as (natural disasters).
a. Floods
b. Earthquakes
c. Volcanoes
7. Crescent Volunteers University
What are the three areas of training/qualification that university students could work towards?
a. First aid.
b. Volunteer work methods.
c. The International humanitarian law.
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