RAK charity foundation contributes Dh10.9m in 6 months

Ras Al Khaimah - Mohammed Jakkah Al Mansouri, Secretary General of the Foundation, on Monday told Khaleej Times that they contributed Dh7.5 million to 3,824 eligible low-income families registered with them.

The Ras Al Khaimah Charity Foundation spent up to Dh10.9 million on a variety of charity projects locally and abroad in the first six months of the year. 
Mohammed Jakkah Al Mansouri, Secretary General of the Foundation, on Monday told Khaleej Times that they contributed Dh7.5 million to 3,824 eligible low-income families registered with them. 
"These are added to the charity foodstuff packages, known as 'Ramadan Meer', which stood at Dh360,000," he said. "These were distributed to 1,700 destitute families during the holy month this year." 
The Foundation also spent Dh2.1 million as fixed monthly allowances to 2,529 registered poor and needy families in the first half of the year, he added. 
"Hundreds of free Iftar meals, worth Dh250,000, were contributed to 970 impoverished people, mainly workers, at different six tents during the holy month of Ramadan." 
The Foundation, committed to give hand to vulnerable segments of the society as per the Amiri decree No (4) which streamlines its work, has also spent Dh213,000 as medical allowances to 255  eligible patients over the same period, Al Mansouri elaborated.  
"We have also supported 153 students of indigent families with Dh1.33 million so that they can complete their school and university studies." 
Study fees are on top of the assistances granted to students of low-income families as the Foundation believes in the importance of knowledge in community development, he underlined. 
Noting, Al Mansouri said the Foundation, based in Ras Al Khaimah, has contributed Dh280,000 as sponsorship allowances for 39 orphans in Uganda for the next four years. 
"We also furnished the houses of some young people who were given housing grants and loans by the Shaikh Zayed Housing Project." 
The Foundation has further paid part of the debts of some default inmates here, he stated. "We have so far received up to Dh17 million contributions from philanthropists, banks and other entities here."
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