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 . Build houses , schools and mosques in India
B . An air bridge of relief to victims of the Haiti
earthquake in 2009 and 2010.
C . Build houses in the
UAE for special needs .
2. Name at
least 4 countries the UAERC has worked in to provide various project assistance
a. Lebanon.
b. Africa.
c. Libya.
d. India.
3. What
was the estimated total cost of projects undertaken in the UAE during 2009?
- About
188 million Dirhams.
4. According to the information about the foreign based projects, which group
of projects received funding of 8,373,558 Dirhams?
- projects of housing,
health, education and other infrastructure
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 something that
has been destroyed.
|
|
disasters
|
Something bad that
happened
|
|
crises
|
Danger or difficulty
|
|
rehabilitation
|
Helping a person
|
|
infrastructure
|
Buildings and roads
|
|
devastation
|
Damage
and destruction.
|
|
public utilities
|
Service
for public.
|
6. Name three situations which are listed as �natural disasters�.
a. Earthquakes.
b. Floods.
c. Volcanic eruptions.
7. Crescent Volunteers University
What are the three areas of training/qualification
that university students could work towards?
a. Volunteer work.
b. First Aid.
c. Human Law.
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