Global Ameera Fund for cancer patients
sharjah — Following the untimely demise of the much-loved UAE humanitarian Ameera BinKaram, Shaikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah and Founder and Royal Patron of the Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP), has launched an ‘Ameera Fund’ to support cancer patients worldwide.
The gesture has been made as a tribute to the late Ameera BinKaram who tragically died, along with her sister and mother, in a villa fire last Saturday.
Shaikha Jawaher’s initiative is in recognition of BinKaram’s rich contribution to humanitarian work. The move aims to memorialise her tireless efforts and to urge others to follow her voluntary and charitable approach in supporting cancer patients in the UAE and beyond.
Shaikha Jawaher announced the donation of the first contribution to the Ameera Fund and called on all individuals and organisations to support the fund through donations.
She underlined that BinKaram had always believed in the need to help cancer patients.
BinKaram had encouraged activate community engagement in covering the costs for cancer sufferers from her belief that a community shoulders a moral and humanitarian responsibility towards such patients wherever they are in the world.
“In recognition of Ameera BinKaram’s incredible contribution to humanitarian work, we decided to continue achieving the noble goals that she strived for with such commitment and dedication throughout her lifetime,” Shaikha Jawaher said in a highly emotional statement.
The Ameera Fund will operate under the umbrella and supervision of The Big Heart Foundation — a Sharjah-based global humanitarian charity dedicated to helping refugees and people in need worldwide. Projects and initiatives approved by the fund will be implemented by the FoCP, while the fund will generate income through donation campaigns and contributions from across the world.
Paying rich tribute to Ameera BinKaram, Shaikha Jawaher said: “Ameera BinKaram was a humanitarian icon and a symbol of community work in Sharjah and the UAE. She was a model of giving, sacrifice and dedication for Emirati women, the nation and the entire world. Her departure from this world has left a void in the lives of everyone who knew her and who had benefitted from the amazing accomplishments she attained throughout her life.
“The Ameera Fund will commemorate BinKaram’s indefatigable spirit in order carry on along the path she forged for cancer patients, as well as their relatives, who are in need. The support provided by the fund will ensure the continuance of the initiatives that BinKaram contributed to and to which she remained faithful to right up to the last day of her life.”
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