1. #fillingtheblues
Each Ramadan, Dubai-based restaurants such as Moti Roti, Freedom Pizza and Sumo Sushi & Bento club together to ensure that each evening during the holy month, construction workers in Cluster L, JLT are provided with free iftars. If you wish to join the project and help hand out the packages, you can email fillingtheblues@gmail.com
2. Celebrating Life Bakery
This family-run bakery in Abu Dhabi has a business objective of celebrating the lives of those less fortunate. Here in the UAE it’s easy to overlook the contribution that lower-paid workers such as labourers, cleaners and construction workers make to our lives. In keeping with the organisation’s ethos, during the holy month, as part of the #one4oneRamadan campaign, if you buy a food hamper, the bakery will deliver a complimentary iftar box to someone less fortunate. There’s a choice of two different Ramadan hampers, priced at Dh99, which come with treats such as dates and cookies.
@CelebratingLifeBakeryAD
3. UAE Food Bank
Located just off D67, west of Al Khail Road in Al Quoz, the UAE Food Bank was launched as part of the government’s Year of Giving initiative. The centre provides free food for the city’s poorer residents and the project has enlisted hospitality groups, including hotels, restaurants and supermarkets, to make donations. In addition to the centre, more than 100 food bank fridges will be set up across Dubai, around mosques, residential areas and public spaces. As with the Ramadan fridges across the city last holy month, people are encouraged to make food donations to their local fridges. For more information, follow @dubaimunicipality on Instagram
Help the less fortunate by making a food donation to a Ramadan fridge near you
