The Crowd Endowment Park plans to bring back a 125-year-old custom of endowing palm trees to those in need.
The project of the Dubai Municipality and the Mohammed bin Rashid Global Centre for Endowment Consultancy accords with the Year of Giving.
It encourages residents to donate palm trees, which will be planted in a 15-acre plot beside Mushrif Park.
The harvest of dates from the palm trees will be given to disadvantaged members of the community.
The project is expected to yield 150 tonnes of dates a year.
The idea for the project is inspired by the Hatta region’s custom of donating palm trees and giving the harvest for charitable use.
When work on the infrastructure of the project is completed, the municipality will invite residents to sign up to the project.
The municipality will ensure the quality of the dates by issuing specific requirements for the palm trees.
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