LSH 2903 Community Service Final Reflection

1: Organization

In the UAE there are many volunteering organization and Takatof is one of these. Takatof is voluntary social program which established in 2007. They communicate with any organization need help in there events and any one can be part of this social programs. There are many projects along the year and that depend on the events we have in our country also the other social events in the organizations that will need help. 

2: Best Part of Volunteer

The best thing in volunteering that is you feel the main of social responsibility, and feel you are an important part of our country development. As any work I faced many challenges, dealing with people that I do not know them was hard because they have they own way of thinking and deal with things, so it was take a time to understand them and feel comfortable to be with them. 

3: Support the community

There are many advantages in this experiment, feeling as a part of community and can help the country by doing easy things make my social responsibility become more. Have an experience with dealing with others will help my communicate skills to be developed. I will be happy to be a volunteer again in the future by same organization because they effort many projects and they are very organized and have good plans.

4: Short summary

Formula 1 is one of most important events which take place in Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. I volunteered in this event  for 30 hours. In this project I have to deal with visitors are come to event.  We have to give information about what they will expect to see and answer their questions. But the most important thing is not to do anything extra without our leader permission. Also we have to communicate with others to share the information or deal with problems if we faced any of any it.

Video about takatof

http://youtu.be/Lz5enX2B9pE


http://instagram.com/p/vqqeBzLQOd/



in the second link I said:

I enjoyed the event and I am ready to help anyone.

Interview with our team leader

https://soundcloud.com/musaed-3/takatof





The our team leader was Sultan Al Dahry  and here's the text of the interview:



 1-What is the interesting in volunteering with takatof?

Well interesting in volunteering with takatof nice and very special participate in.

2-What is the the skills and the experience that you gain in volunteer? 

  I gained as volunteering with takatof and working in many events i gained the skill of communication and socializing with people because in this events mean you are managing with people.

3-What is the difficulties that you face it in volunteer?

   My difficulties is or what i did faced is sometimes you mamage to work with many kind of people from everywhere and  not everybody are alike everybody is different amd you have to know or to have the right way to approach thees people to gain their interest and overall you have to smile and be happy.

4-What do you want to say to young emirate people to attract them to volunteer?

What i would like to say come and join us you will enjoy all the events and it is for your benefits and good for you and your future you will learn and it is welling your CV.  

Volunteer Day #2

In the second day as usually, I went to Alshama tent at 9:30 on Saturday to register and receive access cards and stop the car there. at 12:00 we went to yas island by buses. when we arrive the Yas island everyone went to his position and start to guide people where there places. at 2:30 we have break for lunch and we short breaks for prayers. then we do the interview with Sultan. Im really enjoyed volunteer with takatof.

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Volunteer Day #1

Today at 10 am we went to the Alshama tent to register and receive access cards and stop the car there after the arrangements we went to the Yas Marina Circuit by buses at 12 pm and then we started our work in helping people. In Yas Marina Circuit we divided into three groups, two groups in the stands and one group in the oasis near the shops and main entrances, I was outside the runway in oasis guide the people  about the sites like Seats, bathrooms, bus station and some places in the Yas Marina Circuit. At 2:30 we have break for lunch and we short breaks for prayers. Then at 8:00 we finished the first day in volunteer with takatof.

Orientation Day #2

In the second Orientation Day we met in yas marina circuit, and we listened to three lectures, the first lecture was about application and how can help the audience to know about yas circuit like if they want to know about the gates, how many gates and the number of the gates  and the app is called YASHUB.

  

The second lecture was about what specification of the leader is and how we can deal with the leader.

  

                                                                                                                                                                                 

The last lecture was information about the race and the formula cars.

 

 

Then when finished with the lectures went to south stadium and the leader explained what we will do in the three days.   

  

Orientation Day #1

In the first day i have regroup with my team in yas marina circus and we listened to Abdullah Alabbasi speech and, he thank us for volunteering in this event and

     Then we went with Emirates foundation youth to another hall for  team competition, The competition goals was first to work as team like what we will do in the events second to know problems and how we can solve it we played the games the first was we must pas the circle to the person that is stand next to me.

the second games was we must make a cube with limited straws and we must use one hand

when we finished the competition we took the third place and the first orientation day was finished and it was an amazing day.

Project Plan

Volunteer Project

TAKATOF ORGANAIZATION

Title of plan:                                                    

  Formula 1 event Abu Dhabi Providing Help and assistance within the events, organizing and guide people .

Names of group participants:

Abdulla Ali Omar Alkatheeri

Musaed Saeed Saleh Abdullah

Salmeen hamad salmeen

Fahd saleh hassan

Contact person:

Sultan Aldahri   0509666671

Smsos71@gmail.com

Time schedule:

7/11/2014            Orientation Day                  3:00pm to 8:30pm

14/11/2014          Orientation Day

21/11/2014

22/11/2014                                                        Volunteer Days           10Am to 8Pm

23/11/2014

To be successful what needs to be done:

Some of the thing that are needed to be done within the event period are following the trainer exact instructions without making an extra move unless asking for referrals by the instructor. Giving  people some information about what they are looking for throughout the event. And provide assistance in organizing the events and sharing with them the information.

What are the benefits to participants?

The benefits of these events are going to be lifelong skills. Such as guide skills to ensure the audience and the participants be more awarded and affective in their society. Moreover to learn about the government's efforts to make the event deserve to be in the country.

Who are the target audience?

Visitors to the event from different backgrounds.

What problems might came across and how would we try to get around them?

Communication could be a problem or a barrier that face the volunteers, Since English is not their first language and they are still learning to prefect it. However we can overcome it by technology such as online translating. The volunteers must be patient as much as they can because there are few people who are ignoring them since they want to help them.​

Takatof Activity #3

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

 

 

What is Takatof?

A program for social volunteering and helping people who suffered from natural disasters mostly.

  

Which year did start? And who started it?

They started at 2005,  by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed.
 
What volunteer work have they done?

• Takatof for School Renovation
• Takatof Ramadan Project
• Volunteering in the Health Sector

How can you help?

We can help them by entering one of their volunteering programme and supporting the people that needs help by giving them what they need so they have a basic life start.

UNICEF Activity 2

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

Ideas of supporting UNICEF	Ways of achieving it	Date of completion
Protecting our youths from the drugs	- Doing seminars about the dangrous of the drugs and helping with the organization. - Spread the awareness to the families. - Vising schools and make a group talk with the students.	_
Helping everyone to be educated	- Paying for anyone who can get education. - Donate books. - Open centers to teach the old people.	_
protecting the society from Chronic diseases	- Periodically check for everyone specially the elders. - spread the awareness about Diabetes because its one of the highest Chronic diseases in the UAE.	_
Geting the workers their rights	- taking care of the workers in the UAE. - punish anyone who miss with their rights.  - giving them less work in the hot weather or provide them ways to keep them cold   and protected.	_

UNICEF Activity 1

Open the link http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/uae_44659.html

List and discus the latest newsline events in the United Arab Emirates

1- Arab Media Award on Child Rights initiated to honor outstanding achievements.

2- UNICEF and Dubai Cares support quality education to break the cycle of poverty. 

3- They talked with youth participation about many topics that considered important for the society and the most important one in my consider  is about the AIDS, Its to spread the awareness  in the society. 

Exercise #5

Have a look at this page on the internet:

 http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/browse/sectors/education.html

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 groups of 4 or 5.

In your groups, come up with 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.

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

1.                  What are the aims of the project

2.                  Who are the target audience, and why?

3.                  What activities would your project involve?

4.                  Who would be volunteering? Why?

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

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?

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

You should aim at one or two of your group making a 4-6 minute presentation to the rest of the group explaining your findings.

Exercise #4

http://www.ageuk.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/volunteers-week/

What volunteer roles do the following people have?

	Name	Job
1	John McArthur	Admin and Information Volunteer
2	Samarah Hashmi	Survey Analyst Volunteer
3	Oliver Stannard	Copywriter Volunteer
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?

They enjoy helping people and want to put something back into the community, to help those less fortunate.