SHABWA / WAM The UAE, represented by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), has launched the annual Eid Clothing Charitable Programme for the benefit of the families of the martyrs in Shabwa Governorate, Yemen. Up to 1100 purchase vouchers from several commercial centers in Shabwa have been handed out by ERC teams among the targeted beneficiaries, including orphans, families of children ...
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ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The Authority of Social Contribution – Ma’an’s ‘Together We Are Good’ programme, in coordination with the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi, has collaborated with the National Health Insurance Company – Daman to launch the Medical Support programme, providing medical support to residents of Abu Dhabi with chronic illness who are impacted by the current ...
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DUBAI / WAM Emirates Post has launched ‘epostcard,’ a digital postcard application that will allow users to create customised physical postcards for friends, families, colleagues, and stakeholders. The ‘epostcards’ app, which can be downloaded from iOS App Store and Google Play Store, will allow individuals to design bespoke postcards to send to friends and family and for companies to send ...
Read More »DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) launched a programme to regularly disinfect its electric-vehicle Green Chargers at petrol stations across Dubai, in collaboration with Enoc and Adnoc. The move supports Dewa’s participation in the National Disinfection Programme. Dewa has emphasised that the health and safety of citizens and residents is one of its top priorities, as it ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Class of 2022 student Cameron John Wehr has been named as a recipient of the prestigious Boren Award, which promotes linguistic and cultural immersion within critical language groups, including Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, and Swahili. Wehr is the first student from NYUAD to receive this award and will study Mandarin for one year ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, offered his condolences to Ahmed Al Haj Abdullah Al Habroush on the death of his mother. In a phone call, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed expressed his heartfelt sympathy to the family of the deceased, ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE, through its humanitarian arm, the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has provided 1,000 food parcels weighing 43 tonnes to the residents of Daw’an district in the Yemeni Governorate of Hadramaut. The aid package was administered in line with the UAE’s efforts to help the families in Hadramaut impacted by the precautionary measures taken to contain ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (Adafsa) has directed major stores in Abu Dhabi to dedicate prominent spaces to display local agri-products, under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs, and Chairman of Adafsa. The move, taken in coordination with Adafsa’s strategic partners from ...
Read More »NEW YORK / WAM During an open debate of the UN Security Council on strengthening working methods of the body, the UAE discussed how the functioning of the Security Council can be improved during both the current extraordinary circumstances of the Covid-19 Pandemic as well as in its normal proceedings. “The coronavirus has thrown a curveball at the Security Council. ...
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Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Design District (d3) has joined the Arab Fashion Council on #AThread4Cause to combat Covid-19, with seven partners poised to create thousands of protection gowns and surgical face masks for frontline medical workers. Dubai’s beating heart of creative design, home to more than 9,000 people and 385 companies, has pledged its support to #AThread4Cause – a ...
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