Awqaf presents AED400,000 to Dubai Police

DUBAI/ WAM

As part of its sustained drive to improve social security and enhance the role in sustainable development of endowments and waqf, an endowment made by a Muslim to a religious, educational, or charitable cause, the Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation, AMAF, handed over a cheque for AED400,000 to Dubai Police.
The humanitarian initiative has dedicated a sum of AED300,000 to help release inmates convicted in financial cases as well as those obligated to pay blood money, or diyya, from Dubai’s punitive and correctional institutions. The remaining AED100,000 will enable repentant drug addicts to go on Hajj, the annual pilgrimage.
Omar Juma Kalandar, Deputy Director of the Endowment Development Department, and Ahmed Al Yasi, Director of Financial Affairs Department at AMAF, presented the cheque to Lt. Colonel Dr Juma Sultan Alshamsi, Head of the Awareness and Precaution Department of the General Department of Anti-Narcotics at Dubai Police, during a meeting at the Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation headquarters.
Speaking on the occasion, Omar Juma Kalandar said, “We have always sought to boost the spirit of solidarity in our society. With our donation, we aim to encourage convicts to start a new life and make a positive contribution to the progress of their community and nation as a whole.”
Lt. Colonel Dr. Juma Al Shamsi added, “For the fifth consecutive year, AMAF has generously supported our humanitarian initiatives that help rehabilitate convicted debtors and addicts, and make it possible for them to become productive members of society again.” The cheque presentation was organised to fulfil the wishes of waqf donors who contribute to the foundation to endorse charity projects on behalf of various social sectors, and often choose to support specific causes that are close to their hearts.