Volunteer Opportunity in the UAE to Sit with the Elderly on Weekends from the Sharjah Center for Volunteer Work
By: Sharjah Center for Voluntary WorkLast update:
Applicant criteria
NationalityNo specific nationality required
Skillsمهارات التواصل, مهارات العمل ضمن الفريق, مهارات التطوع
Age
- No specific age required
Gender
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity FieldLaw, Human Rights and Gender
Job locationUnited Arab Emirates
Opportunity description
The Sharjah Center for Volunteer Work announces a volunteer opportunity to sit with the elderly on weekends in the United Arab Emirates. The Elderly Care Home of the Sharjah Department of Social Services invites you to participate in its field volunteer opportunity, which will give its participants the opportunity to communicate on the ground with the elderly residing in the home during the weekends, by offering various programs that include:
- Poetry session
- health awareness
- Cultural and heritage questions
- Professional learning
- Read short stories and more.
Duties & responsibilities
You will be responsible for:
- Sitting with elderly residents of nursing homes and talking to them about various social topics on weekends (Friday, Saturday and Sunday).
- Enhancing the value of community cohesion and integration between community groups and the elderly residing in nursing homes.
Eligibility criteria
- The number of volunteer hours required for this opportunity is two hours in shifts.
- This opportunity requires 100 volunteers.
- Volunteers of both genders can apply for this opportunity.
- Volunteers must be between 6 and 95 years old.
- The coordinator responsible for this opportunity will be Jawaher Mohammed, who you can contact via the following number: 0562182851 or through the following email: volunteer@sssd.shj.ae.
About the Sharjah Voluntary Work Center:
The Sharjah Center for Volunteer Work was established in 2016 with the aim of contributing to achieving social solidarity and community cohesion in the Emirate of Sharjah. The Center undertakes the task of organizing volunteer work and disseminating its culture among members of society and its institutions.
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