The Community Development Department identified 12 volunteer rights
9 paths for volunteering in Abu Dhabi ... and hundreds of opportunities to participate
The volunteering policy allows volunteers to be registered without condition.
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Dr. Mugheer Al Khaili: “The policy of organizing voluntary work in Abu Dhabi aims to create an efficient volunteer environment.”
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The Department of Community Development in Abu Dhabi has identified nine paths (fields) for practicing volunteer work in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, noting that there are three types of volunteering permits, including: a permit for individuals wishing to volunteer, a volunteer team permit, in addition to a permit for entities that use volunteers in their activities and programs. While the results of the satisfaction survey of the participants in the virtual tours, to introduce the new volunteering policy in the emirate, showed that 84% of the entities operating in the social sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi expressed their desire to apply for a permit to practice volunteer work in the emirate, and 94% of them confirmed that the department answered the Their questions about the volunteer work policy.
In detail, the head of the Community Development Department, Dr. Mugheer Al Khaili, affirmed that the Department of Community Development is committed to achieving the social welfare of all Abu Dhabi residents, and it is guided in this by the vision of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, who stressed the importance of well-being and social development. To enable the prosperity and growth of societies.
Al Khaili stressed that the launch of the policy of organizing volunteer work in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi aims to create an efficient and effective volunteer environment, to activate the volunteer work system in the emirate, by spreading awareness and encouraging participation by all segments of society in all their spectrums, within established professional standards in an environment Safe.
The department identified nine volunteering paths, which included: traditional volunteering, volunteering in events, institutional volunteering, volunteering for social affairs, virtual volunteering, specialized volunteering, volunteering in emergency situations, volunteering visitors, and volunteering abroad, noting that the new volunteering policy will allow the volunteers to be sorted and divided. According to their experiences, and the development of specialized volunteer work, in the belief of the Department that the value and return of volunteering do not depend on the quantity only, but on the quality of the volunteers.
She explained that traditional volunteering is for individuals or entities that do not use the specialized skills, which require obtaining the necessary licenses from the concerned authorities, while volunteering in activities has been allocated for one specific occasion, such as: the National Day and the institutional volunteering in which the entity’s employees participate. And it will be part of the corporate social responsibility program, and volunteering for social affairs is concerned with assisting the efforts of institutions concerned with social welfare services. The department indicated that virtual volunteering aims to create a path for volunteer activities that are performed remotely using the electronic network in whole or in part, with the aim of specialized volunteering to Take advantage of the specialist skills of professionally licensed persons, such as doctors, lawyers, and engineers.
The department, through its website for volunteering in Abu Dhabi on Volunteer.ae, has offered hundreds of volunteering opportunities in various fields.
The department has set 12 rights for the volunteer, including: registering their interest in any volunteering opportunity electronically, submitting an application to join any volunteer team, being treated on the basis of equality and fairness by those who use volunteers, volunteer teams and other volunteers, and the freedom to specify the number of hours they wish to devote to volunteering, and obtain An illustrative summary of volunteering opportunities, and receiving training from the agency that uses volunteers.
The volunteers ’rights included: Receiving written or electronic evidence from the agency that uses the volunteers, including the volunteer’s name, the name of the organization, the nature of the volunteering opportunity, the number of hours the volunteer has successfully completed, submitting ideas to the department, or any body responsible for volunteering, and participating in award programs, In addition to accepting rewards provided by the department or beneficiaries for volunteering.
7 duties
The Department of Community Development, in Abu Dhabi, obliges the volunteer to perform seven duties that he must abide by, including: commitment to the terms and conditions, and the performance of duties and responsibilities that are agreed upon with the entity that uses volunteers and the volunteer team, and keenness to accept the volunteering tasks that fall within the level of their competence or their capabilities Only, and to maintain the confidentiality of all the information and data of the bodies that use the volunteers and the beneficiaries of volunteering, which the volunteer may see during the performance of the volunteering work, and to return all the tools, equipment, data, etc. to the party that uses the volunteers when the volunteer opportunity ends, or upon termination of the volunteering agreement, whichever is earlier Respecting the customs and traditions in the local community, and dealing with the beneficiaries of volunteering with respect, in addition to adhering to this policy, the laws of the United Arab Emirates, the laws of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the terms and conditions.
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