Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Final reflection LSH 2903

Final reflection LSH 2903 


In this paragraph I am going to talk about my organization. It was very nice days it will stay in our mind we can’t forget it. My organization was in TAKATOF in Alain.TAKATOF was established by The Emirates Foundation in 2007, it is the idea of HH Mohammad Bin Zayed. Our volunteer was in five different places. The first day was in Alain mall it was about the breast cancer, the second day was in Alain disable club, the third day was about blood donation, the fourth day was a campaign of collecting clothes and it was sharing with the Red Crescent and in the last day was about distributing jackets for needy people and the workers.

 

In this part am going to write about the best part for me in my organization, it was in Alain mall. This day was a campaign about the breast cancer. It was a really Interesting day. This campaign was in a weekend day so a lot of people present there. It was interesting because it was the first day for me to stand in the stage in front of a big group of people. In this day there was a party and there was a group of women who had a breast cancer before, so they stand in the stage and they talk about these diseases and how the women can avoid it and many other advices. It was also interesting because I know many new people.

 

In this part I will talk about how I support the community. The pest thing for me that I will be in a lot of people mind who I helped them in my organization with a good feeling, because the good feelings is the most important thing that the community need. The money or anything without the good feeling is nothing. Also I support the community by my experience in my job before I came to the college, many people asked me about my job and I gave them some information about it. The last thing what I want to talk about it in this part is, UAE gave us everything so we hope to support it and the community by anything.

 

Friday, 28 November 2014

TAKATOF main center

TAKATOF


TAKATOF

 


Hi my name is Mohammad Alshamsi, am going to make an interview with Ms. Bander; he is worker in TAKATOF main center in Abu Dhabi
Hi Ms. Bander:
Yes Hi how are you?
Am fine.
Ms.. Bander, Can you tell me about TAKATOOF?
TAKATOF is a volunteering social program, offers the nation’s youth meaningful opportunities to volunteer for important social causes.

 Tell me more about TAKATOF please?
TAKATOF connects the youth with relevant volunteering opportunities and encourages public service. TAKATOF youth are ambassadors of our nation representing a culture of support and the strength of our society’s core values.TAKATOF particularly offers young people meaningful opportunities to volunteer for humanitarian, social and community programs that serve those least able to help themselves. Embracing a commitment to social responsibility and public service, an adherence to strict integrity and ethics and community involvement helps to strengthen the core values of the program.

 Background about TAKATOF
Inspired by HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. TAKATOF is a voluntary social program, established in 2007, designed by the Emirates Foundation to foster a culture of volunteering throughout the United Arab Emirates. Takatof mobilizes people and resources across the nation to deliver creative and sustainable solutions for proven community needs.
TAKATOF Vision
We support the idea of volunteering as a way of life. We promote the benefits to the nation as a whole and work to encourage volunteering as part of UAE culture.

 Mission
TAKATOF works to encourage and empower people to take part in voluntary service across the UAE.Through our varied programs we train, support and connect volunteers to deliver positive change and improve the quality of life within our communities.

Why promoting TAKATOF volunteering concept
. Raise the public awareness of the social needs.
. Encouraging participation in varied, focus programs.
.  Empowering individual skills.
. Enhancing loyalty to the community.  

Sunday, 23 November 2014

5th day volunteer


Volunteering

TAKATOOF

Saturday 22-11-2014

4 hours volunteering

9 am – 1 pm

Albawadi Mall

 

This is the fifth day volunteer and it is the last day. Because of the winter is coming, TAKATOOF make campaign to distribute jackets for the clean boys, needy people and workers. In this campaign I saw a lot of poor people who need help. First, our supervisor went to TAKATOOF main center to bring the jackets. We start searching for the needy people near to the mall to give them the jackets; also we distribute safety Brochures for them. The purpose of this campaign is to protect the workers from health damage that it may cause by the low temperatures.      



                                          Our supervisor Saleh Khter



Saturday, 22 November 2014

4th day volunteer


Volunteering

TAKATOOF

Tuesday 18-11-2014

4 hours volunteering

6 pm – 10 pm

Albawadi Mall- Main gate

 

This is the fourth volunteer day. It was about collecting the clothes to distribute for the poor peoples; this campaign is sharing between TAKATOOF and Red crescent . This campaign it was in Albawadi Mall. We start our volunteer in assembly point near to the gate. They inform us before the volunteer that who have any old clothes they can bring it. We start collecting the clothes to send it to the red crescent . After that we separated in groups to open the boxes that the red crescent but it around the cities. Then we went back to the assembly point to but all the stuff together in the truck of the Red crescent .    
 


                                          Assembly point
                                          put the staff in red crescent truck
                                                           collect the clothes from the boxes

                                                  back to assembly point

 

 

 

Monday, 17 November 2014

Third day Volunteer


Volunteering

TAKATOOF

Thursday 13-11-2014

4 hours volunteering

8 am – 12 pm

Alain Mall- Main gate

 

This is the third day for me to volunteer. This day our volunteer was about Blood donation. It was in Alain mall. We started our volunteer by preparing the place for the people who want to donate blood. After that we went around the mall to distribute some brochures to let the people know about this campaign and attract them to donate blood. There was a good amount of people who responded our call. The purpose of this campaign was to help the patients and save the lives for the other.      

 

 

                                          The bus of the blood donation
                                         
                                         
 

Monday, 10 November 2014

Second Day for Volunteer


TAKATOOF

Thursday 6-11-2014

4 hours volunteering

8 am –12 pm

Al Ain Sports Club for the Disabled


This is the second day for us in volunteer. Today we volunteer in Al Ain Sports Club for the Disabled. It was very nice day to work with this group of people. When we reach there, first we communicate with students Center to know how they deal with disabled. Then our supervisor takes us in orientation around the club to take an idea about the club and the place also to identify the best means of dealing with people with special needs. After that we see a basketball match between two groups of disable also our supervisor play with them. After that all of us sit in one place and we start to communicate with each others and we play some games with them to give them a feel that they are didn’t have any different between them and us and to forget disability.
 

                                          Our supervisor Saleh Kater when he play basketball

Manager Mohammad Alabbasy                                      

Friday, 31 October 2014

Volunteering


Volunteering

TAKATOOF
Friday 31-10-2014
4 hours volunteering
5 pm – 9 pm
Alain mall-Breast Cancer  

This is the first day of volunteering for us. We start volunteering in Alain mall under the title of Breast Cancer. There are many events there and awareness campaigns for the risk of breast cancer and how to avoid it. We start our volunteering by preparing the seats for the public and then we prepared the stage to start the events. After that we start collecting donation for Association “Friends of Cancer Patients” to give the community more information about this association. After that the events started by making many activities in the stage like dancing and fashion show. Also there was arts workshop for the children. In this time we only monitor the events and help the community to take their places and answer some of there question. Before the events finish we distributed some sweets and small gifts from TAKATOOF to the participant in the events.

 




Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Volunteer Project plan

2903 Community Service – Volunteer Project plan form
Follow this template to organize the primary details about your volunteer project:
1.    Title of plan –
 .  TAKATOF  ( Alain ).
2.    Names of group participants:
 . Mohammad Juma Alshamsi (H00280882)
 . Abdullah Awad (H00280536)
 3.    Organization (name) and contact person (supervisor + email): 
 . Saleh Kater:  +971559553699
 4.    Purpose / what do you wish to accomplish?
Ex: this project will help the students of Al Hosan School to develop their IT skills 
 . We hope to help people who are most in need of support and become active in the community, also we want to take experience from other people that will help us in the future.
 5.    Time/ schedule: students will volunteer for how many hours / week? Days?  
 .  The volunteer will start in 19 October to 27 November
  . It will be 4 hours a week and it may be increase depending on the programs
 . It will be in different places that are because of the programs that TAKATOF make it.   
 6.    To be successful what need to be done?
Ex: In the end, students must be able to type 20wpm English typing. 
 .  We should be on time and have a motivation for what we do in the volunteer place to be more active.
 . Making sure we know the organization missions and goals.
7.    What are the Benefits to the participants? (Both volunteers and recipients)
 . People volunteer for lots of different reasons, the most one is the experience that it will help us to know how we can deal with other people in the community, also to find new interests and learn new skills, and most of all feel good about making a difference.
8. Any potential problems you see arising?

 . The only one problem we have that we are not able to volunteer in our free time, TAKATOF make the program and we should be able to attend in that time. 

Thursday, 2 October 2014

LSH 2903 – Community Service Learning – Exercise #8

1.     Takatof



Activity 3
Using Google search for information about Takatof and answer the questions below

What is Takatof?

-         Takatof  Programmed for Social Volunteering is a nationwide volunteering initiative in UAE

Which year did start? And who started it?

-      Takatof started in 2005; it started by His Highness Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan. 

What volunteer work have they done?

-      The 12 volunteers traveled to the working class community of Sea Bright area in New Jersey to rebuild the Morris family home that was completely destroyed by Hurricane Sandy
How can you help?

-       Provide more personal attention to the needs of others.
-      Help an organization is more responsive to the needs and interests of the community that they serve.
-      Participate in opportunities for educational and social volunteering activities that would not be possible otherwise.



LSH 2903 – Community Service Learning – Exercise #7

UNICEF Activity 2:

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


Ideas of supporting UN- ICEF
Ways of achieving it

-      Promote



-      Promoted in the TV and radio

-      Donate money


-      Red Crescent


-      Try to be a member in UNICEF




-      Volunteer and travel with charitable organization 


-      Medical assistance


-      Provide and send team of doctors and treatment