5,000 benefit from the "Ramadan food" for the chaste families committee
04/12/2020
Umm Al Quwain:
Yesterday, the Committee for chaste families in the Dar Alber Society launched the distributions of the “Ramadan food” for the thirteenth consecutive year. This year, 5,000 people benefit from it nationwide, which is food parcels that the chaste and needy families of widows, orphans and those who deserve Zakat and chaste and needy families will benefit from, with the support of the Zakat Fund, the Isa Saleh Al Gurg Foundation, and a number of philanthropists.
“never leave them”
Mr. Muhammad Suhail Al-Muhairi, member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Emergency and Crisis Committee, confirmed that the Society’s efforts and programs are currently focused on supporting the state’s efforts, in the context of preventive and precautionary measures to confront the spread of the Corona virus, by providing food to families with low incomes, a translation of the word (never leave them) to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and providing students’ needs of tablets in support of "distance education" in the country. Al-Muhairi stressed that the society and through the committee took preventive measures during the distribution operations this year, in cooperation with Umm Al Quwain Police and the Center for Emergencies, Crises and Disasters in Umm Al Quwain, in light of the exceptional circumstances that the world is witnessing, in order to preserve public health, by preventing the transmission of the virus (Covid 19) ), These procedures include the attendance of those entitled to their cars, with a maximum of two persons in the vehicle, delivery by special cards, and the delivery of the eligible without any contact and without the beneficiaries having to get out of their cars at all.
8 basic items
Ali Al-Assi, Chairman of the Committee of the chaste families, which was established in 2005, explained that the distribution operations continue over 4 days, from yesterday (Saturday) until next Tuesday, from eight in the morning until five in the evening, continuously, and each package contains 8 basic food items. These are: rice, oil, tomato sauce, vermicelli, "pallet", salt, sugar, and molasses. They are allocated to each deserving family a quantity that covers their needs throughout the holy month. The items, which are distributed within the "Ramadan food", are determined according to an annual survey of the opinions of the beneficiaries.
Geographic distribution
Al-Assi indicated that the beneficiary families are distributed in the state by two thousand families in Umm Al-Quwain, where the number of beneficiaries increased by 600 beneficiaries, from 1,400 people last year, of whom 200 families will receive parcels in their homes, due to their circumstances and their inability to reach the distribution center, Khorfakkan 500 A family in cooperation with the Social Affairs Center there, Ajman, about 900 families, where the distribution process is carried out by the branch of "Dar Alber" in the emirate and the Hamid Bin Rashid Al-Nuaimi Charitable Foundation, in exchange for the distribution of 1,600 parcels to families in the emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al-Khaimah, through recognized representatives from the committee there.
Preventative measurements
Annual rise
He pointed out that the number of families benefiting from the Ramadan food is increasing annually, pointing out that the committee will allocate 800 thousand dirhams this year to the orphans' category.