Final community service - Reflection

Rashed Mohamed almehairi
H00269208
CIU

Self-reflection 

1. We had volunteered  in zayed higher organization with my group, Zayed  Higher Organization  located in bni yas which near by mafraq hospital and it's government organizations that taking care of special needs.  first of the day we meet adel alhosani to register for volunteering, he's the main manger of the volunteering. He took us to Autism Centre to have a tour before volunteering to get information about them. They start everyday morning working days from 8 am till 2 pm nearly like normal school timing. Students ages between 5 to 13 years old in the autism center and their 3 conditions of autism high and low and medium condition, in the autism center have 67 patients the proportion is four males to one female with the autism. there are three section for each three condition. 70% to 85% of the student they can't understand well or talk.


2. The best part of volunteering was to help the students with their paints at the art class. the paint was about to stick papers to for draw a picture. The first day I came I was shock like how I will deal with these student. But after I know about autism student we start understanding each other but I was a bit hard to get them. I enjoyed the volunteering special on the morning assembly which starts at 8:00 A.M for the children that have less Autism Condition. The morning assembly includes at the beginning part of "Quran al Kareem" and the UAE National anthem. after that, they started giving them some aerobic exercises before they distribute them into their classes.


3. my efforts contributes by support the community by volunteering and helping out the special need people we recognized that they really deserve more than that help I believe in the future they will became better.

4. I have learned many things about being useful in the community before I hear about volunteering but I  wasn't interested volunteering in autism centre but I found out  but valuable than it looks. most people don't know how to treat these special needs, specially autism I will try to change up what people thinks about autism people because I saw some parents give up on them. I wish to see much improvement in these autism people.

The Survey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkH1Q8Pmxgo&list=UUQoQea6hTcTq-Bp87cyH2Pg

Day 7 - 12/11/2014

our last day, we meet the director of the autism center of zayed higher organization and they thanks us for choosing volunteer in the center and ask us if we need any help or more information of Zayed higher organization center. then they took us individual each one in a certain class, they took me to speech therapist and some of my group went to behavior specialist. he told me about how to communicate with the student and if they did something wrong you should tell them it is wrong to do it. he shows me PC mouse that it use for some of the student who don't know how to use it and after that he shows me how he use board maker and print thing for it.

Day 6 - 9/11/2014

reem took us to join a class with speech therapist and communication. the teacher told us that 60 percent to 70 percent of the autism they can't speak, but 30 percent they speak in different ages depend on the levels of the student. he told us their was a boy in the center he starts to speak when he get 10 year old and he been in the center for 5 years. the center organized a way for these children to have a great life. their is varies ways to teach the student. for example, board maker which have a several levels it depend on the students skills. after that we go to sport lesson to give practice and exercises for the students. which i found it very helpful for the students because you see the kids are different then they are in the classes.

Day 4 - 2/11/2014

we had a lecture about autism at 8:30 on the morning with Dr. waeel in the atrium. in the beginning of the lecture he told us about leo kanner who explorer the autism. the causes of autism it is anonymous until now some people think it is a environment hypothesis or genetic hypothesis and many other hypothesis. autism properties is contain social characteristics, communication aspect, cognitive faces and sensory or contact eyes, and the last behavioral. there's three type of autism which is high autism, medium autism and light autism. also there are 75 person having autism in every 10,000 person nowadays. we learn a lot in this lecture he explain to us how to teach them and how to know if the child having a autism by their bahavior.

Day 3 - 29/10/2014

me and my partner arrived early morning at 8, we visit the shourq class which is the medium class after that we visit alzohor class which is the good condition autism that where the kids can speak. in the shourq class student can't talk but they use PECS program. every student have a certain level and it depend on the autism level. The teacher give every student a certain puzzle to work on it like matching animals pictures with the same picture or decorate the beads, and making a bracelet. The teacher said some of the student are smart that they can use the PCs. after that we went to alzohor class which the student where studying arabic lesson and they were the smartest class. then they took us to the sport teacher he asked us to walk with the students around the square of the playground.

Day 5 -5/11/2014

our day started with greeting, the class started at 8:30, the lesson was about identifying human body by using Go Talk 4+. Go Talk 4+ is helping the student to memorize the thing by the picture and the sound. the teacher was trying to teach them first about eyes by using the Go Talk and pointing to his eye by the student hand or pointing to student eyes and then pronounce it. after that he record his voice in the Go Talk to teach the student how to pronounce their names individual. after this class they had art class and the most important activities was  row scraps of the paper in the form of numbers and letters. after that they had a breakfast time were there are certain weekly meals, but some students get there own food from their home because they use to it. the last lesson was a music class after that they let the students to sit and watch songs on the computer.

day 2 - 26/10/2014

me and my partners in the group reached Zayed Higher Organization ( ZHO ) on the morning assembly which starts at 8:00 A.M for the children that have less Autism Condition. The morning assembly includes at the beginning part of "Quran al Kareem" and the UAE National anthem. after that, they started giving them some aerobic exercises before they distribute them into their classes. We were assigned to volunteer in a certain class. The class begins with the teacher taking attendance; but their attendance is different they take each student to their schedule to show them which subject they have by using picture because 70% to 85% of the student they can't understand well or talk so they use a program called PECS which help the student communicate with you by using a file with pictures. the organization of the classes educational environment is called TEEACH program and the program to modifying student behavior is called LOVAAS program.

Day 1 - 22/10/2014

first of the day we meet adel alhosani to register for volunteering, he's the main manger of the volunteering. we filled the registration and form and after that he told us what's the main rules inside the autism department. he took us to the center to meet mona and then she took us for a tour in the center starting from sport playground then we saw the hardest autism condition, there was four in one class. the next classroom were the middle condition which three children in each class. the less condition they can talk but not much. in the autism center have 67 patients the proportion is four males to one female with the autism. there are three section for each three condition and some section for 5 years to 9, and children from 9 to 13, after that the adult from 13 to 17. after the tour they took us to the art class, we paint with the children and they teach us how to hold them and understand them.

The Plan

2903 Community Service – Volunteer Project plan form

Follow this template to organize the primary details about your volunteer project:

1.     Title of plan – Volunteering In ZHO

2.     Names of group participants:

Abdulla Ayman Almubarak – H00247317

Rashed mohammed almehairi – H00269208

3.     Organization (name) and contact person (supervisor + email): 

ZHO , adel.alhosani@zho.ae

4.     Purpose / what can you do to support the coals of the organization?

Ex: this project will help the students of Al Hosan School to develop their IT skills 

The group will volunteer as assistants during the special needs classes held in the organization by interacting with individual with special needs. This project willhelp them be more trusting and active in the society.

5.     Time/ schedule: students will volunteer for how many hours / week? Days?   

20 hour in five weeks. Does not determinate

6.     To be successful what need to be done? what are the needs of the participants?

Ex: In the end, students must be able to type 20wpm English typing.  

There are more then 12 service the ZHO provided . one of these service is the sport club. In the sport club we Talents of young people in clubs, which encouraged them to make gold and silver medals and a bronze in all their participation at all levels of the global, regional and local.

  

7.     What are the Benefits to the participants? (Both volunteers and recipients) 

For the recipients they get help and knowledge that are helpful in their life, also some time its basic needs. For the volunteers they work with people who need help and treating them in varies field so they will support an important class of the community and get new experiences and informations. 

8.     Any potential problems you see arising?

First , how could we connect with the people with special needs and will they accept as. Do we know how to treating them or we will take lectures. Also the biggest problem is how can we mix between studying and volunteering by scheduling the study time and volunteering. 

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
Spread blanket to Syrian Children in the winter to protect from the cold.	Go to Refugee campsin turkey and spread it.	10/10/2014
Distribution of vaccines	Go to poor people in Africa and help them	04/05/2015
Distributing leaflets	Warns of the danger of drugs and in schools	17/02/2015
Teach poverty	Teaching the poor Indians in the summer and help them with study such as books and pencil	30/12/2014

Activity 3

1.    Takatof

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

Activity 3

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

What is Takatof?

_organization that offers opportunities to volunteer in important social issues and encourage them to public service

  

Which year did start? And who started it?
Was founded in 2007 by the Emirates Foundation for Youth Development , Idea of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

What volunteer work have they done?
____ Project international volunteer in Tanzania, Also Campaign school maintenance.________________________________________

How can you help?

___ Join them as a volunteer, and there are two occasions coming World Championship for the fifth shooting, organizing family house Forum 2014 

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

-Emirates Airline donates one million frequent flyer miles to UNICEF. Great donation that will help the staffs in their missions.

-Dubai gives $100,000 cash injection for Djibouti immunization campaign. Sultan Bin Sulayem reflect good reputation about emirates by his works which always trying to help people in the whole world.

Questions for CSL Research

1.    The Main goal(s) / purpose of the organization?                           Why?

2.    History? When started by whom??                                                When?

3.    Organization – Where is the headquarters? Who is CEO?        How?           Public/private?

4.    Areas/ countries active?                                                                Where?

5.    Target recipients?                                                                          Who? 

6.    Benefits/ resources provided?  Short term vs. long term? 

What Needs are met? 

7.    General profile of a volunteer – Who would/should get involved?

•        To be an organization that wins the trust of society and efficiently achieves the objectives and expectations for the individuals with special needs and Orphans.

•        H.H. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President, issued, during his tenure as Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, the Law No. (2) dated April 19, 2009, establishing Zayed Higher Organization for Humanitarian Care and Special Needs (ZHO)  in the emirate of Abu Dhabi.

•        as an umbrella for all humanitarian bodies, social services, orphanages, special needs institutions and any future bodies established in Abu Dhabi for humanitarian goals.

•        independent government institution we are always keen to exert  maximum efforts to provide services.

•        The headquarter in Abu Dhabi.

•        Mohamed mohamed fadel alhameli is the CEO of zayed higher organization.

•        The service is active in Abu Dhabi that provide for people with special needs.There are many benefits in the short terms, for example,    recognize the knowledge in various fields. I think there is many people like to try different kind of volunteering , so they use the short term of volunteering.in the  other hand, in the long term you specialize in particular area so aim a lot of experience.

•        General profile of a volunteer is helping the community to develop the skill of the special needs by provide more services. For example, early intervention department. Which based on the principle that early teaching and therapy have great benefits for children with special needs.  It also involves training for parents to learn how to support. 

Exercise 4

1. John McArthur: Admin and information volunteer.

2. Samarah Hashmi: Survey analyst volunteer.

3. Oliver standard: copy writer volunteer.

4. Stanley Parker: Market drayton slop volunteer.

5. Camilla Williamson: Volunteer parliamentary assistance.

- They enjoy helping others and getting their benefit.

Exercises 3

1. All ages.

2. Games makers.

3. Profile, image, deserve.

4. Half working.

5. Olympic stadium.

6. Fantastic and great.

7. a. Fun.
    b. confident.
    c. Meeting people.
    d. Experience.

8. Important society and community, organization.

Maslow-1

1.     Self-actualization  

2.     Esteem

3.     Love/Belonging

4.     Safety

5.     Physiological

__5_ Water

_1__ Problem solving

_3__ Affection

_3/4__ Family

_3__ Social interaction

_5__ Sleep

_4__ Employment

_5/4__ Health

_4__ Property

__1_ Creativity

_2__ Confidence

_5__ Food

_1__ Passions

_2__ Respect

_4__ Resources

Maslow-2

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?

__NO, few people reached this level.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.     Does every human being have the capability of reaching that level?

_No,most of people have this rights.________________________________________________________

3.     What are the opportunities are needed to get to the higher level?

_good government which provides safety for everythings.

_having a health center or haspital everwhere.

_employing for jobs.

 _helpful relatives.

4.     What are the obstacles could stand in the way of reaching these levels?

_there is no jobs or jobs with few salary.

_bad gavernment .

5.     What could you do to help others to reach the higher levels?

_donate to charities .

human rights UDHR - and maslow

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 relates to maslow's need for personal safety.

2- Article 17 relates to maslow;s need for property.

3- Article 16 the rights to family and marriage maslow 's  thired level love/belonging.

4- Article 22 situated in the fourth maslow's level  esteem.