Exercise 6

Voluntary and charitable Organizations

There are many local, national and international organizations that support people or projects around the word. Two of which are:

1.     Unicef

UNICEF is the largest and most powerful organization in matters concerning children. UNICEF is working in more than 160 countries to help children get a good and safe life.
UNICEF collects and distributes money to give children clean water and enough food, reasonable living conditions, medical aid and vaccines and the opportunity of getting an education.

UNICEF especially concentrates on helping children in specifically tough situation, such as orphans and children who live in areas of war or poverty.

In UNICEF’s annual report of 1990, the seven most important goals for the nineties are revealed:

1. To reduce the death rate for children who are less than five years old to one third of that of 1990. 2. To reduce the death rate of new-born children to half of that of 1990. 3. To reduce the malnutrition among children who are less than five years old to one third of that of 1990. 4. To ensure everybody access to clean drinking water and sanitary installation. 5. To give all children access to basic education, with the goal that 80% of all children will complete mandatory basic school.

6. To reduce illiteracy among adults to half of that of 1990, with specific attention to women’s access to education.
7. To protect children in specifically difficult situations, especially when it comes to armed conflicts.

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 honour outstanding achievements.

2-    Giving money to Jeboti.

3-    Stop the Violence In South Sudan.

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
Health Awareness	Aware people to do sports and be healthy by eating healthy foods.
Abroad Poverty Aid	Search for people who need the life needs and give them money, food and love.
Sport activities in Abu Dhabi	Do a sport event to aware the people about the importance of sports and give them the chance to make some exercises.
Support Traffic week	Respect the rules that the police put and be a good drivers in the street.

2-    Takatof

Click on the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMDUTjeymxk&feature=related

Activity 1

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

What is Takatof?

It is a nationwide volunteering initiative in the United Arab Emirates, and one of the principal initiatives of the Emirates Foundation.  

Which year did start? And who started it?

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

What volunteer work have they done?

1-Formula 1 project
2-Takatof  Ramadan project
3-Jacket distribution campaign
4-Tuscoloosa Tornado recovery Aid


How can you help?

I would volunteer and help the community, in any project big or small because I am a good citizen.