Dubai Cares Water Bucket Walk Event - Friday, 20th November 2009

Dubai Cares Water Bucket Walk Event - Friday, 20th November 2009



Dear Supporter,

November 20, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal Children’s Day. On this important global occasion, Dubai Cares invites you to participate in the Water Bucket Walk, a symbolic walk-a-thon in support of children who do not have access to clean drinking water in schools around the world. Most of us are not aware that children in developing countries walk, on average, more than 6 km every day to collect water that is likely to make them sick, thus preventing them from attending school.



The Water Bucket Walk will give the UAE community the opportunity to experience a fraction of the difficulties children in developing countries face on a daily basis, by walking 3 km carrying a bucket much like a child in a rural community would do. Each participant’s entry fee of AED 30 will provide one child with clean drinking water for one year!

Here are the details:

When: Friday November 20th, 2009

Time: Pre-registration: 08:00 A.M. – 09:00 A.M.

Walk-a-thon: 09:00 A.M.

Where: Registration will take place in Jumeirah Beach Park and the walk-a-thon will commence on Jumeirah Beach Road.

Entrance Fee: AED 30/ per person

The AED 30 fee is equal to the amount it would take to sponsor one child’s access to clean drinking water for one year. As such, every person participating in the Water Bucket Walk will be representing one child’s access to clean drinking water for one year!

Please note that every participant will receive a Dubai Cares t-shirt and bucket.

Children under the age of 5 will be exempt from any fees.

Interested? Here is how you can participate:

As an individual/family – Participants can register online http://www.dubaicares.ae/WaterBucketWalk or at one of Dubai Cares’ registration drives at shopping malls (visit www.dubaicares.ae for locations).

As a corporation – For more details regarding corporation registration please download the Water Bucket Walk Corporation Kit http://www.dubaicares.ae/WaterBucketWalk

As a university- For more details regarding university registration please download the Water Bucket Walk University Kit available on http://www.dubaicares.ae/WaterBucketWalk

As a social club- For more details regarding social club registration please download the Water Bucket Walk Social Club Kit available on http://www.dubaicares.ae/WaterBucketWalk

As a school- For more details regarding school registration download the Water Bucket Walk School Kit available on http://www.dubaicares.ae/WaterBucketWalk

Volunteers are welcome to help our team in organizing the Water Bucket Walk event. If you are interested in volunteering please contact us at bucket@dubaicares.ae.

Show your solidarity and support of children around the globe by registering NOW and inviting your friends and family to join our Water Bucket Walk!


Kind regards,

Dubai Cares

Urgent Call for Action to Help the Children of Gaza

Dear Volunteer,

Dubai Cares is joining a united front of UAE-based relief and charitable organizations to pledge humanitarian assistance and mobilize the UAE community to help alleviate the suffering of children in Gaza. There are approximately 275,000 students of primary school age in Gaza and Dubai Cares is asking for your help to support them in this time of need.

Here’s how you can help. Dubai Cares is currently recruiting volunteers to help package 50,000 basic school kits and 50,000 hygiene kits for the Children of Gaza. Approximately 150 participants are needed each day for this event as we are aiming to assemble approximately 10,000 kits a day. We would be honored if you could join us.

Dubai Cares will supply all of the items required for the kits and we need your help to pack and prepare them for shipping to the children of Gaza.

Date: Wednesday, January 14 through January 20, 2009

Venue: DIFC (Emperor Hall)

Timing(s):

· Weekdays: 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

· Friday January 16, 2009: 2:00 -6:00 p.m.

· Saturday January 17, 2009: 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.


You are welcome to join us anytime. Please bring your friends and family to the venue during our working hours and we will put you to work. You can also help us spread the word by forwarding this email to others who you believe may want to help. We will have snacks and beverages available.

Should you have any queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at Gaza@dubaicares.ae .

We hope you will be able to join with us to show solidarity for the children of Gaza.

Sincerely,

The Dubai Cares Team

Dubai Cares - Volunteer Emirates

Dubai Cares - Inviting Voluteers

Million Book Challenge by Dubai Cares

Million Book Challenge by Dubai Cares

Read-a-Thon Hit with Students

Read-a-Thon Hit with Students
Staff Reporter KHALEEJ TIMES 4 November 2008

DUBAI - Local schools have signed up over a 100,000 students for the Million Book Challenge.

The focus over the next two weeks is to get kids in Dubai to read the books as part of the Dubai Cares Read-a-thon, two days after the Million Book Challenge was officially launched in Dubai.

The daunting challenge will see students go through one million books in two weeks. The event is part of the Dubai Cares 2008 campaign.

Students can read books in any language from the school libraries, from home or even purchase new books.

For each book read, Dubai Cares will buy a new book and donate it to children in need around the world.

The Read-a-thon, focusing on students aged between three and 14, began at noon on Oct 30 and will end at noon on Nov 16. The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation, on Monday, announced its support of Dubai Cares One Million Book Challenge, pledging 100,000 books to children in need across the Arab world. The books donated by the foundation will cover a wide range of subjects, including international literary classics that will be presented in a simplified and attractive manner.

Several titles will be translated from various languages including English, French, Italian, and Swedish.

“The Million Book Challenge is a fine example to the world about how to think big and how a global city should practise global citizenship.”

Dr Hanif Hassan, Minister of Education, noted that when the Dubai Cares project was launched by Shaikh Mohammed, it was intended to educate a million children.

Dubai Cares

www.dubaicares.ae

Dubai Cares:

What is the Dubai Cares campaign?

"Dubai Cares" is a charitable campaign, lead by H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum that serves to focus the multicultural community of Dubai on raising money to support a global cause.

What are the main goals of Dubai Cares?

The two main goals of the campaign are: To bring the multicultural community of Dubai together during the traditional time of giving – the Holy Month of Ramadan – and to focus their collective attention on raising funds for a global cause. This year, Children’s Primary Education globally. To proactively address Dubai’s role as a Global Citizen by delivering unrealized opportunities to the children in our beneficiary countries through providing them access to Children’s Primary Education.

Who are the beneficiaries of the campaign?

We are currently targeting the following regions to receive funds collected from the campaign. They include the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

Do you need volunteers for the campaign?

This year’s campaign was put together in 12 weeks which made it difficult to focus on securing and training volunteers to help us. However, we will definitely need volunteers for next year’s campaign. Once the campaign is complete we will add a section for volunteer registration.

What projects are you currently targeting to raise funds for in the campaign?

We will fund the value chain of education including:

* Building and renovation of schools
* Teacher training programs
* Teaching materials
* School scholarships
* School feeding programs
* School physicals including vaccinations
* School supplies
* School sports and recreation equipment
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Corporate Social Responsibility:


What is Corporate Social Responsibility Program?

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the commitment of businesses to contribute to sustainable economic development by working with employees, the local community and the global society at large to improve their lives in ways that are good for business and for development.

The Dubai Cares campaign has designed a CSR program that offers corporations the opportunity to play a significant role in the success of this campaign to provide education to children in Asia, Africa and Middle East.

Dubai Cares