Under the directives of HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed al Nahyan, deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior, chairman of the MoI employee Takaful fund - Fazaa, a joint initiative between the Ministry of Community Development and the Fund was announced to distribute school bags and all school supplies to the students of low-income families. This aims to offer them facilities, provide supplies and contribute to social solidarity to enhance wellbeing in all segments of the UAE society.
As part of the initiative, more than 10,000 school bags, with full school supplies, will be distributed to students registered with the MoCD and who belong to families that qualify for social solidarity.
On this occasion, HE Naser Ismail, Assistant Undersecretary for social welfare at the MoCD, underlined that the Ministry is adamant to provide all forms of support to low-income families. The MoCD firmly believes in social contributions, the need to cooperate and partner with different government and private entities and public benefit associations. This in turn will impact real sustainable development on the ground. HE indicated that our students are a social responsibility, and that this joint initiative is in line with efforts to reduce the burdens of families, enhance their happiness, and help in students return to school.
Colonel Ahmad Bou Haroun, director and the MoI employee takaful fund, for his part, explained we seek through this initiative to enhance the Fazaa takaful fund goals and mission to contribute to society, which showcases solidarity and takaful in the UAE society, and contribute to foster social, humanitarian and cooperation values and engagement.
He emphasized that the partnership with the MoCD to implement this initiative stems from the effort to expand the targeting audience and reach out to all those who qualify for aid. He explained that these partnerships with private and public entities feed into the UAE government vision and guidelines to enhance social solidarity and improve the quality of service to all segments of society.