Dubai Charity Association announced that it has received a generous financial contribution worth AED 28 million from Dubai Islamic Bank. This initiative marks the culmination of a long-standing strategic and historical partnership between the two entities, reflecting the bank’s pioneering role in supporting the charitable sector and enhancing the quality of life of deserving beneficiaries
On this occasion, and in the presence of Mr. Nawaf Abdullah Al Raisi, Manager of Community Support Services Unit at Dubai Islamic Bank, His Excellency Eng. Adel Al Suwaidi, Board Member and Treasurer of Dubai Charity Association, expressed the association’s deep pride in this fruitful partnership. He affirmed that this continued support from Dubai Islamic Bank represents a long-term strategic investment in human capital and an effective means of empowering underprivileged families to overcome their living challenges and regain social stability.
He also noted that the relationship between the association and the bank has, over the years, become an inspiring national model of cooperation between the banking and charitable sectors, ensuring the achievement of comprehensive and sustainable community development goals
Regarding the mechanisms for disbursing and distributing this support, His Excellency Eng. Adel Al Suwaidi clarified that the amount represents the bank’s annual Zakat al-Mal proceeds. He emphasized that the association has developed a comprehensive operational plan to utilize it in accordance with the highest standards of governance and institutional integrity, ensuring that it reaches its rightful beneficiaries.
The distribution framework will include a wide range of impactful initiatives, starting with strengthening the healthcare sector for low-income patients, passing through educational empowerment programs aimed at covering school fees for students facing financial difficulties, and extending to social support projects dedicated to orphans, widows, divorced women, and people of determination, with a strong focus on securing a dignified standard of living for underprivileged families.
His Excellency Eng. Adel Al Suwaidi also praised the unique institutional approach adopted by Dubai Islamic Bank as a leading national financial institution that places its religious, ethical, and social responsibilities at the forefront of its priorities. He noted that the bank actively contributes to enhancing the sustainability of charitable work in alignment with the wise leadership’s vision of establishing giving as a deeply rooted value and a daily culture of work.
He concluded by affirming that this close cooperation clearly highlights the authentic spirit of solidarity that characterizes the fabric of Emirati society. He also noted that it serves as an open invitation to all national institutions to actively contribute to building a cohesive social safety net that protects human dignity and drives the wheel of prosperity and social well-being toward broader and more promising horizons.
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