GWU presents Eid clothes to vulnerable families
ABUDHABI: The employees of the General Women’s Union, GWU, presented Eid al-fitr clothes to the participants of the peacekeeping programme and vulnerable families.
The symbolic contribution is in line with the overall humanitarian efforts of H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, GWU, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, FDF, which reached out to millions of people both inside and outside the country.
Upon the directives of Noura Al Suwaidi, Director of the GWU, the Union has donated Eid al-fitr clothes to the participants of its programme and vulnerable families.
Al Suwaidi stated that the GWU’S initiative is part of the keenness of the UAE’S leadership to promote the values and concepts of giving, adding that the UAE is continuing to support needy people in all areas, reflecting the vision of the inspiring leader, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
Sheikha Fatima’s giving is continuous and without limits, especially in humanitarian areas, she further added.
The donation includes all types of gifts, such as clothes and perfumes. The beneficiaries of the initiative from Socotra, Yemen, and Mauritania number 32 people, in addition to several vulnerable families. Recently, the Abu Dhabi Police, ADP, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with the General Women’s Union, GWU, on developing their strategic community partnership.
H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, President of the
Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation, praised the ADP’S efforts to coordinate and cooperate in drafting plans, initiatives and awareness activities that serve the entire community.
“The ADP has strategic expertise in all areas related to the community and we are proud of its overall achievements and accomplishments related to women,” she said, stressing that establishing a strategic partnership with the ADP is a valuable addition to ensuring the comprehensive achievements of Emirati women, which were made possible by the vision of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice
President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Their Highnesses Supreme Council Members and Rulers of the Emirates, along with their relevant directives.
The MOU was signed at the headquarters of the GWU by Major General Maktoum Ali Al Sharifi, Director-general of the ADP, and Noura Khalifa Al Suwaidi, Director-general of the GWU.