'Dubai Cares' campaign will conclude at midnight on Saturday after bagging over AED1 billion of donations after it was launched eight weeks ago by H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai on 19 September to channel Dubai's philanthropic efforts towards education of one million children in poor countries around the world.
Effective from midnight 10 November, all donation channels including SMS, bank transfers, and donation boxes across several Dubai malls, direct contributions and sale of memorabilia will close, according to 'Dubai Cares' organizers.
Since its launch, the charity campaign has cut across every segment of the society, bringing together individuals, communities, government departments and corporations in an amazing display of communal spirit within Dubai's multicultural landscape.
The initiative, which notched several milestones and put Dubai on the global map as a city with a soul, also drew the participation of young children who joined forces in their own inimitable style.
As ambassadors of the Dubai Cares campaign, the sons and daughters of H.H Sheikh Mohammed worked tirelessly to garner support beyond domestic borders. They toured several impoverished countries to gain on-ground information, meet government officials and students to personally review their requirements.
The Comoros Islands, Yemen, Djibouti, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Chad and Sudan were some of the countries that the Dubai Cares flag traveled to.
However, 'Dubai Cares' delegation delivered 15 tonnes of food, medicine, clothing, and toys to the children under the care of a local orphanage in Chad and Sudan. The delegation included team of doctors, a pharmacist and a nurse who conducted medical check-ups to monitor the children's health and recommend appropriate treatment.
Leveraging the campaign as their expression of corporate social responsibility, Dubai-based corporations contributed to the campaign in unprecedented numbers and set new records in corporate history.
The donations will be used to build and renovate schools, train teachers, provide teaching materials, sport and recreation equipment, offer scholarships, organize school feeding programmes and encourage physical education.
The campaign is Dubai's contribution to a global drive to help countries achieve their U.N. Millennium Development Goals of providing primary education to every child by 2015. Source
Effective from midnight 10 November, all donation channels including SMS, bank transfers, and donation boxes across several Dubai malls, direct contributions and sale of memorabilia will close, according to 'Dubai Cares' organizers.
Since its launch, the charity campaign has cut across every segment of the society, bringing together individuals, communities, government departments and corporations in an amazing display of communal spirit within Dubai's multicultural landscape.
The initiative, which notched several milestones and put Dubai on the global map as a city with a soul, also drew the participation of young children who joined forces in their own inimitable style.
As ambassadors of the Dubai Cares campaign, the sons and daughters of H.H Sheikh Mohammed worked tirelessly to garner support beyond domestic borders. They toured several impoverished countries to gain on-ground information, meet government officials and students to personally review their requirements.
The Comoros Islands, Yemen, Djibouti, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Chad and Sudan were some of the countries that the Dubai Cares flag traveled to.
However, 'Dubai Cares' delegation delivered 15 tonnes of food, medicine, clothing, and toys to the children under the care of a local orphanage in Chad and Sudan. The delegation included team of doctors, a pharmacist and a nurse who conducted medical check-ups to monitor the children's health and recommend appropriate treatment.
Leveraging the campaign as their expression of corporate social responsibility, Dubai-based corporations contributed to the campaign in unprecedented numbers and set new records in corporate history.
The donations will be used to build and renovate schools, train teachers, provide teaching materials, sport and recreation equipment, offer scholarships, organize school feeding programmes and encourage physical education.
The campaign is Dubai's contribution to a global drive to help countries achieve their U.N. Millennium Development Goals of providing primary education to every child by 2015. Source
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