UAE’s International Charity Organisation provides Dh25,000 million aid to 17,000 families
Assistance provided helps pay for medicines, rents, fees and air tickets
Ajman: The International Charity Organisation (ICO) has announced that it provided financial support amounting to Dh25.6 million during the first half of 2024, to more than 17,000 beneficiaries in the UAE, including 1,100 citizens who received assistance worth more than Dh6 million.
The organisation also provided Dh1.2 million to 22 local and charitable institutions.
The assistance provided covered a variety of purposes including paying tuition fees, rent and maintaining homes, paying electricity bills, providing furniture and electrical appliances, residency renewal fees, providing tickets for needy families, paying for university, medicines and surgeries and debt repayment.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of ICO, said, “We extend our thanks and gratitude to the kind-hearted people who generously contributed to supporting our charitable projects. With their continuous support, we were able to reach this large number of beneficiaries in just six months. This reflects the bright image of the people of the Emirates and its residents, and it shows the culture of goodness and giving that was established by the leadership of the Emirates.”
He stressed that ICO over the past 40 years has been able to expand its scope of work to more than 20 countries and regions, implementing thousands of projects under the banner of the UAE. The projects include building mosques, wells, Quran memorisation centres and health centres.
Sheikh Mohammed Al Nuaimi also called on generous people to support the organisation’s campaigns, including the summer campaign and the back-to-school campaign. Initiatives under the summer campaign include distribution of air conditioners and refrigerators to needy families.