Exercise #5

LSH 2903 – Community Service Learning / Exercise #5

Week 4 - Looking at volunteering in different spheres of society.

During the summer of 2012 the Olympic Games were held in London. David Moorcroft is a former athlete. At one point he held the world record for the 5,000 metres. David can be heard discussing the importance of volunteering the Olympic Games.

Zoe Hall is a lady who was one of the volunteers at the Games. She talks about the event and how important it was at the time as well as how much it has inspired her to continue working as a volunteer.

This link is about half way down the page. Then click on 'Hear more radio features' - page 2 Volunteering  - to hear the selection again..

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

Listen again and see if you can work out the answers to these questions about the interview:

1.             How old were the Games volunteers?

• All ages

2.                  During the Games, the volunteers had a special title. What was this special title?

•            Game makers.

3.                  Complete this quote from David… “… for a moment in time volunteering had a (profile) and an (image) that they fully (deserved) but don’t always get.”

4.                  David mentions that some of the volunteers are semi-retired. What does this mean?

•            They want to serve the community and want to do something for it - volunteering.

5.                  Zoe worked in Events Services. Where was this located?

•             At Olympic stadium.

6.                  How does she describe the experience of volunteering for the Olympics and Paralympics?

•             She said that it was the best experience in her life and it was fantastic.

7.                  What benefits of volunteering, according to Zoe?

• a.       Satisfaction

• b.      Meet new people

• c.       confidence

• d.      Having fun

8.                  Why does David feel that volunteering in the community is so important?

• Because its improve confidence and experience by people relying on volunteer to do something.

 This page is also from AGE UK.

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, 2009
2	Samarah Hashmi	survey analyst volunteer, 2008
3	Oliver Stannard	copywriter volunteer, 2008
4	Stanley Parker	shop volunteer in presedent day, 2000
5	Camilla Williamson	Parliamentary assistant

Look again at these people and their jobs. What can you say about volunteering from the information in your chart?

• ·         There are a vary of jobs that offered to volunteers that suits all ages, in addition, it is organized well and each one feel the importance of his or her role.

Exercise #4

Human Rights Activity/ Exercise #4

1.     Present the map to the whole class.

·         Did any parts of your map have a high concentration of rights? How do you explain this? 

Yes, Mussafah city is less concentration of rights than other places in Abudhabi.  It have high concentration of (Right to own property) so the car parts shops are concentrating there but even with the fact that Mussafah is an industry area, there are some mosques, so they can practice their own religion in that area.

 

·         Did any parts have few or no rights associations? How do you explain this?

- It’s industries area and there are many rights that don’t exist in it. For example there are no embassies, churches and temples.

·         Are there any articles of the UDHR that seem to be especially exercised in this community? How can this be explained?

There are many mosques there and also we can say that freedom of belief and religion, because they are mixed there with different religions and they respect each other religion without differences.  

·        Are there any articles of the UDHR that no group included on their map? How can this be explained?

Yes, there are many articles that I cannot find anything related to it in the map. For example right to rest and leisure, there is no hotels or resting area inside Mussafah industry area because it’s a place for business and manufacture. 

 How could town/city planners might use information like this when they develop areas for their citizens?

 They can organize where to put Malls, Mosques, Factories and Schools in relation with the residents of the area and their concentration. For example they don't put factories in downtown Abu Dhabi.