• The UAE Embassy in Senegal has overseen the distribution of 900 food packages to underprivileged families in the Republic of Sierra Leone. The food aid was provided by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation.
    The UAE Embassy in Senegal has overseen the distribution of 900 food packages to underprivileged families in the Republic of Sierra Leone. The food aid was provided by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation.
  • The UAE Embassy in Senegal has overseen the distribution of food baskets donated by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation to 880 poor families in Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau. Each basket contains 15 kilogrammes of sugar, cooking oil and rice in addition to ten cans of milk and is enough to sustain a family of five for two months.
    The UAE Embassy in Senegal has overseen the distribution of food baskets donated by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation to 880 poor families in Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau. Each basket contains 15 kilogrammes of sugar, cooking oil and rice in addition to ten cans of milk and is enough to sustain a family of five for two months.
  • The UAE embassy in Rome, in collaboration with the Islamic Cultural Society of the Al Tawba Mosque near Rome and other mosques in Italy, has continued supervising the Iftar Project Bosnia Herzegovina. The project, funded by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation and the Zayed bin Sultan Foundation for Charitable and Humanitarian Works, is aimed at preparing iftar meals for members of the Islamic community.
    The UAE embassy in Rome, in collaboration with the Islamic Cultural Society of the Al Tawba Mosque near Rome and other mosques in Italy, has continued supervising the Iftar Project Bosnia Herzegovina. The project, funded by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation and the Zayed bin Sultan Foundation for Charitable and Humanitarian Works, is aimed at preparing iftar meals for members of the Islamic community.
  • The Emirates Red Crescent has concluded its charitable and humanitarian programme in a number of areas in Pakistan during the holy month of Ramadan, with a follow-up from the UAE Embassy in Islamabad. The director of the ERC office in Islamabad, Hamad Abdullah Al Ali, has distributed Eid clothing and Zakat Al Fitr to the poor families and orphanages during the last phase of the programme.
    The Emirates Red Crescent has concluded its charitable and humanitarian programme in a number of areas in Pakistan during the holy month of Ramadan, with a follow-up from the UAE Embassy in Islamabad. The director of the ERC office in Islamabad, Hamad Abdullah Al Ali, has distributed Eid clothing and Zakat Al Fitr to the poor families and orphanages during the last phase of the programme.
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, visited the head office of Dubai Cares, a philanthropic organisation working to improve children’s access to quality primary education in developing countries, to check up on its work in the eight years since its inception in 2007. During his tour, Sheikh Mohammed acquainted himself with the charity’s projects, programmes and strategy aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty by ensuring all children have access to quality primary education and training teachers.
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, visited the head office of Dubai Cares, a philanthropic organisation working to improve children’s access to quality primary education in developing countries, to check up on its work in the eight years since its inception in 2007. During his tour, Sheikh Mohammed acquainted himself with the charity’s projects, programmes and strategy aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty by ensuring all children have access to quality primary education and training teachers.
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, visited the head office of Dubai Cares, a philanthropic organisation working to improve children’s access to quality primary education in developing countries, to check up on its work in the eight years since its inception in 2007. During his tour, Sheikh Mohammed acquainted himself with the charity’s projects, programmes and strategy aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty by ensuring all children have access to quality primary education and training teachers.
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, visited the head office of Dubai Cares, a philanthropic organisation working to improve children’s access to quality primary education in developing countries, to check up on its work in the eight years since its inception in 2007. During his tour, Sheikh Mohammed acquainted himself with the charity’s projects, programmes and strategy aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty by ensuring all children have access to quality primary education and training teachers.
  • Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed, Ruler of Fujairah, received well-wishers who came to his palace in Al Rumailah to extend greetings on the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan. Sheikh Hamad received greetings from Abdul Rahman bin Mohammed Al Owais, Minister of Health, senior officials, citizens and expatriates.
    Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed, Ruler of Fujairah, received well-wishers who came to his palace in Al Rumailah to extend greetings on the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan. Sheikh Hamad received greetings from Abdul Rahman bin Mohammed Al Owais, Minister of Health, senior officials, citizens and expatriates.

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Julie Nicholson

July 12, 2015

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A look at recent happenings around the UAE. All photos: Wam

In numbers: China in Dubai

The number of Chinese people living in Dubai: An estimated 200,000

Number of Chinese people in International City: Almost 50,000

Daily visitors to Dragon Mart in 2018/19: 120,000

Daily visitors to Dragon Mart in 2010: 20,000

Percentage increase in visitors in eight years: 500 per cent

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RESULTS

Women:

55kg brown-black belt: Amal Amjahid (BEL) bt Amanda Monteiro (BRA) via choke
62kg brown-black belt: Bianca Basilio (BRA) bt Ffion Davies (GBR) via referee’s decision (0-0, 2-2 adv)
70kg brown-black belt: Ana Carolina Vieira (BRA) bt Jessica Swanson (USA), 9-0
90kg brown-black belt: Angelica Galvao (USA) bt Marta Szarecka (POL) 8-2

Men:

62kg black belt: Joao Miyao (BRA) bt Wan Ki-chae (KOR), 7-2
69kg black belt: Paulo Miyao (BRA) bt Gianni Grippo (USA), 2-2 (1-0 adv)
77kg black belt: Espen Mathiesen (NOR) bt Jake Mackenzie (CAN)
85kg black belt: Isaque Braz (BRA) bt Faisal Al Ketbi (UAE), 2-0
94kg black belt: Felipe Pena (BRA) bt Adam Wardzinski (POL), 4-0
110kg black belt final: Erberth Santos (BRA) bt Lucio Rodrigues (GBR) via rear naked choke

Itcan profile

Founders: Mansour Althani and Abdullah Althani

Based: Business Bay, with offices in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and India

Sector: Technology, digital marketing and e-commerce

Size: 70 employees 

Revenue: On track to make Dh100 million in revenue this year since its 2015 launch

Funding: Self-funded to date

 

Profile of RentSher

Started: October 2015 in India, November 2016 in UAE

Founders: Harsh Dhand; Vaibhav and Purvashi Doshi

Based: Bangalore, India and Dubai, UAE

Sector: Online rental marketplace

Size: 40 employees

Investment: $2 million

Zayed Sustainability Prize
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Where to donate in the UAE

The Emirates Charity Portal

You can donate to several registered charities through a “donation catalogue”. The use of the donation is quite specific, such as buying a fan for a poor family in Niger for Dh130.

The General Authority of Islamic Affairs & Endowments

The site has an e-donation service accepting debit card, credit card or e-Dirham, an electronic payment tool developed by the Ministry of Finance and First Abu Dhabi Bank.

Al Noor Special Needs Centre

You can donate online or order Smiles n’ Stuff products handcrafted by Al Noor students. The centre publishes a wish list of extras needed, starting at Dh500.

Beit Al Khair Society

Beit Al Khair Society has the motto “From – and to – the UAE,” with donations going towards the neediest in the country. Its website has a list of physical donation sites, but people can also contribute money by SMS, bank transfer and through the hotline 800-22554.

Dar Al Ber Society

Dar Al Ber Society, which has charity projects in 39 countries, accept cash payments, money transfers or SMS donations. Its donation hotline is 800-79.

Dubai Cares

Dubai Cares provides several options for individuals and companies to donate, including online, through banks, at retail outlets, via phone and by purchasing Dubai Cares branded merchandise. It is currently running a campaign called Bookings 2030, which allows people to help change the future of six underprivileged children and young people.

Emirates Airline Foundation

Those who travel on Emirates have undoubtedly seen the little donation envelopes in the seat pockets. But the foundation also accepts donations online and in the form of Skywards Miles. Donated miles are used to sponsor travel for doctors, surgeons, engineers and other professionals volunteering on humanitarian missions around the world.

Emirates Red Crescent

On the Emirates Red Crescent website you can choose between 35 different purposes for your donation, such as providing food for fasters, supporting debtors and contributing to a refugee women fund. It also has a list of bank accounts for each donation type.

Gulf for Good

Gulf for Good raises funds for partner charity projects through challenges, like climbing Kilimanjaro and cycling through Thailand. This year’s projects are in partnership with Street Child Nepal, Larchfield Kids, the Foundation for African Empowerment and SOS Children's Villages. Since 2001, the organisation has raised more than $3.5 million (Dh12.8m) in support of over 50 children’s charities.

Noor Dubai Foundation

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum launched the Noor Dubai Foundation a decade ago with the aim of eliminating all forms of preventable blindness globally. You can donate Dh50 to support mobile eye camps by texting the word “Noor” to 4565 (Etisalat) or 4849 (du).

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