Exercise #8
Research project - Volunteers in Education
This
page has some ideas about how people can volunteer through education projects.
Once
you have read through the pages, you need to work in volunteer project
groups.
In
your groups, come up with or choose a project which you think can be advanced
through an educational setting. There are no restrictions, but your idea should
be innovative and should aim at adding real value to the people you are trying
to help.
As
you are working through your project, one of you should be putting together a
short presentation (Powerpoint, etc) to explain to the rest of the group what
you are trying to achieve; 3-5 minutes.
You should aim to
cover the following points, at least:
1. What are the aims of
the project?
Helping and encouraging the orphans in Kabul, Afghanistan by providing food and
shelter as well as education and encourage them to try new things.
2. Who are the target
audience, and why? The
Orphans, to give them moral support in what they would be doing.
3. What activities would
your project involve? Education,
sports activities such as football and encouraging them to do new things with
each other and form social bonds.
4. Who would be
volunteering? Why? Anyone
who would be willing to volunteer as it is open for all ages. We see that when
volunteering is open for all, not only do the volunteers help themselves but
they also help the community.
5. What are the benefits
your project could bring to the target audience? Since the orphans would see
various people help them and encourage them, their self-esteem would boost up
helping them be more confident in what they do even when they become adults.
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? We would look at schools, science
and sports centers to help with catering the minds of children to better
benefit them throughout their life, whether it is in the UAE or any other
country.
7. What problems do you
think you might come across and how would you try to get around them? The main issue would
be communication, as some might not speak the common language, we would get
around this from schools or language centers, the other issue would be
financing these facilities, to overcome them we would have to get donations and
volunteers.
What
is Takatof?
It
is one of the most well known organizations in the UAE that provides voluntary
work to the needy. It is operated by the Emirates foundation and it mainly provides charity work for the poor
and the needy.
Which year did start? And who started it?
under
the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince
of, the organization was established in 2005 and in 2007 it
was inaugurated in Abu Dhabi
What volunteer work have they done?
TAkatouf
provides a lot of voluntary work such as :
Supporting
the special needs : This helps the people with the special needs as people
volunteer their free time in order to
collaborate with other specialized centers in the same filed.
Renovation
of schools : People who volunteer their time and donate their money utilize
this in order to garden , clean and paint the old skills in addition to buying
new furniture for the schools.
Health
care : providing various activities in hospitals and various health centers in
order to help the patients.
How can you help?
I
can participate in this organization by volunteering time and money to support
the poor and the needy.
UNICEF Activity# 6
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How can you help UNICEF? Working in groups, fill in the table below.
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Ideas of supporting UNICEF
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Ways of achieving it
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Date of completion
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Providing shelters
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- building houses and shelters for the homeless.
- Giving them their food
and daily needs
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Providing them with proper education
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- Donating money to them to give them the opportunities to join
education centers.
- Assigning time to educate them .
- Proving them with books and necessary tools. .
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Imrpoving the health care
services.
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- Making people aware of the chronic diseases and how to
avoid them. .
- Joining the health care centers during vacations to help
patients .
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What volunteer roles
do the following people have?
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Name
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Job
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1
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John
McArthur
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Information volunteering as well as the
admin
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2
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Samarah
Hashmi
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Analyst volunteer who makes surveys
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3
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Oliver
Stannard
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Coordinnation of internal communication
between the team.
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4
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Stanley
Parker
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A volunteer in Market Drayton shop
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5
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Camilla
Williamson
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Parliamentary Assistant Volunteer
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Look again at these
people and their jobs. What can you say about volunteering from the information
in your chart?
It is a really amazing experience that benefits people as
well as the volunteers themselves because it makes the society a better place
to live in.
Listen again and see
if you can work out the answers to these questions about the interview:
1. How old were the Games volunteers?
_ Throughout various ages.
2. During the Games, the volunteers
had a special title. What was this special title? ____________Makers of games
3. Complete this quote from David… “…
for a moment in time volunteering had a photo and an
____________portfolio _____________ that they fully ______________have the right ___________ but don’t always get.”
4. David mentions that some of the
volunteers are semi-retired. What does this mean? _____in the middle between half working and half
volunteering
5. Zoe worked in Events Services.
Where was this located? ______In London in the Olympic stadium ______
6. How does she describe the
experience of volunteering for the Olympics and Paralympics? _______an amazing and beneficial experience
7. What benefits of volunteering,
according to Zoe?
a. ____interesting ____
b. ___feeling very satisfied ___
c. ____Getting acquainted to a lot of people. ____
d. ___Making the volunteer more self confident ____
8. Why does David feel that
volunteering in the community is so important?
____As it makes it a better place to live in ____
Human Rights
Activity # 1:
- Working
in pairs, discuss and write how these rights relate to the different levels of
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
1) Article #3 Maslow’s need for Personal
Safety and its personal relation .
2) Article #16 Maslow #3 Love & Belonging
as well as the right to have Family and get
married
3) Article #24 Maslow Physiological
level : the Right to Rest and Leisure that improves
the psychology of the person.
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Working in groups, discuss and answer the following questions:
1. Does every human being have
the rights to reach the top of the Maslow pyramid?
Of
course , it is important for everyone to feel satisfied.
2. Does every human being have
the capability of reaching that level?
Actually
, it is possible for some pople while it is impossible for others.
3. What are the opportunities
are needed to get to the higher level?
In
order to get the right level , it is very important to work very hard ,
complete the lower levels of satisfaction and having a positive environment
around .
4. What are the obstacles
could stand in the way of reaching these levels?
Being uneducated and unable
to work are considered the main obstacles.
5. What could you do to help
others to reach the higher levels?
Providing them with motivation and
encouragement is essential in making the reach the higher level.
List
the levels and specific Maslow’s human needs required by the
following cases
s
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Case
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Level
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Specific needs at each level
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A child in a hospital
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1,2
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Security, Support of the family and Care, Medicine,
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A physically disabled person
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4
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Making him get Self-Esteem and Confidence.
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A lonely poor old lady in Sri
Lanka
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3
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Providing her with Social interaction and self confidence.
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A shy rich widow who has a loving
family and friends but has not achieved much in life
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5
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Solving her problems and teaching her new things.
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A family trapped underground
because of a bomb shell
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1,
2
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Providing them with the basic things to survive as well as making
them feel safe and secure .
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An orphaned child who was forced
to work to make a living
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1,
2, 3
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Providing the main things that are food , family and health care.
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Physically and mentally abused
person
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2
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The most important things are security , family and health
services.
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A father who lost his job and has
a family to support
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1,
2
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A source of income like a job , basic needs and security for the
family.
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