RTA Eid initiative sends orphans on shopping spree
Children given gifts, clothes and shopping vouchers
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) organised a humanitarian initiative for orphans on the occasion of Eid Al Adha through the distribution of Eid gifts, clothes and shopping vouchers to children.
The event was held in collaboration with Emirates Red Crescent and Baby Shop from Landmark Group at Baby Shop, Midriff City Centre, where RTA’s volunteers and Baby Shop staff helped the children choose their Eid clothes. The shopping vouchers were distributed by RTA and Emirates Red Crescent volunteers to the children at Emirates Red Crescent in Dubai.
Rowdah Al Mehrizi, director of Marketing and Corporate Communications Department at Corporate Administrative Support Services Sector, RTA, said: “RTA is keen to actively participate in social, humanitarian and charitable activities on various occasions with the aim of promoting the values of giving, which bring happiness to the children and their families.”
Humanitarian gesture
Al Mehrizi also praised the participation of RTA volunteers in this humanitarian initiative and their contributions in distributing the gifts and choosing children’s clothes.
She said happiness of people is one of the strategic objectives of RTA and its approach to make people happy is not limited to public transport users and its customers from within the UAE and visitors, but it covers needy people from all around the world.