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A total of 34,250 children have benefited from the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), Eid clothes project worth about AED 3 million within the UAE, and in 60 countries around the world.
The value of the ERC’s Eid clothes donations within the country reached AED1.4 million, which benefitted 2,500 orphaned children and children in need. The value of the ERC’s donations outside the country reached AED1.655 million, which benefitted 31,750 orphaned children.
The clothes were distributed in time for Eid Al Fitr to orphans and children who are the victims of wars and conflicts in refugee and homeless camps, in areas that are most affected by these events.
The ERC has promoted its project in Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan and countries hosting Syrian refugees, as well as countries affected by natural disasters, especially in Africa. The project has touched the hearts of children who experienced the joys of Eid as other children in safer and more secure areas. The project is one of the ERC’s vital seasonal projects for orphans, who represent an important part of society.
The ERC’s programmes to sponsor and foster orphans have received great attention, in light of the generous directives by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in the Western Region and the Chairman of the Authority, to expand the scope of fostering orphans, both inside and outside the country. The programmes have also received considerable interest from sponsors and charitable donors, allowing the ERC to foster around 100,000
orphans.
Dr Mohammed Ateeq Al Falahi, Secretary-General of the ERC, said that the Authority aimed to distribute clothes to orphans, both inside and outside the country, before Eid Al Fitr so that they can be happy during this occasion like other children. He also highlighted that the Authority’s support for orphans within the country does not just involve providing material and financial support for them and their families, but it also includes constant communication with them to learn about their conditions through field visits to their homes, to closely observe their living,
economic, educational and social
circumstances.