Exercise #7

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.

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.        Send food and essential goods for the poor countries.

b.        By making new projects that are for the palestinian red crescent  

c.        Bxpanding the camp all the way to Jordan for the Syrian refugee.

2.                   Name at least 4 countries the UAERC has worked in to provide various project assistance

a.        Egypt.

b.        Afghanistan.

c.        Syria.

d.        Maldives.

3.                   What was the estimated total cost of projects undertaken in the UAE during 2009?

Over 180 million.

4.                   According to the information about the foreign based projects, which group of projects received funding of 8,373,558 Dirhams?

The external projects.

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	Rebuilding
	disasters	mischances
	crises	problem
	rehabilitation	recovery
	infrastructure	Building and streets
	devastation	destruction
	public utilities	Public services

6.                   Name three situations which are listed as �natural disasters�.

a.        Deluge.

b.        Earthquake.

c.        Storms.

7.                   Crescent Volunteers University

What are the three areas of training/qualification that university students could work towards?

a.        First Aid.

b.        Volunteer work method.

c.        The international humanitarian law.