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Emirates Red Crescent launches Ramadan Continuous Giving Campaign to support needy families

 

The UAE has announced the start of Ramadan 2024, with March 11 as the official start date. The Emirates Red Crescent launched a massive Dh37.6 million Ramadan campaign to alleviate the sufferings of needy families in the UAE and 44 countries across Asia, Europe, and South America. The campaign aims to support 1.8 million people by offering Eid clothing, Ramadan food parcels, and Iftar meals. The ERC is also set to launch women-only Ramadan and Iftar tents across Dubai, Ajman, and Abu Dhabi.

There will be 321 donation collection sites in all emirates, located in malls, prominent markets, and densely populated areas. Citizens and residents can still offer assistance through the Emirates Red Crescent’s donation centres, website, apps, bank deposits, text messages, cash donation boxes, and different in-person donation collection locations.

ERC Secretary General Rashid Mubarak Al Mansouri said the humanitarian organization is keen to expand its Ramadan programmes in several countries for people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, such as the besieged Gaza Strip. The Gaza Strip is embroiled in a brutal months-long fighting between Israel and Hamas militants, with over 31,000 lives claimed so far. The ERC is working to bolster its Ramadan programs in Gaza to provide 10,000 Iftar meals to Palestinians.

The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE has completed preparations to welcome thousands of visitors during Ramadan 2024, cleaning and sterilizing carpets, providing over 70 electric cars for transportation, and providing about 50,000 breakfast meals for workers.

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