Dar Al Ber Society celebrates Orphans Day with 250 children

Lt-General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim named the charity personality of the year for effective community work.

Lt.-Gen Dhahi Khalfan and Dar Al Ber Society staff join orphans to celebrate Orphans Day at the World Trade Centre. — Supplied photo

Dubai - Dar Al Ber Society (Dabs) on Friday night celebrated the 10th Orphans Day at the World Trade Centre in the presence of 250 — local and foreign — orphans invited to the annual celebration.

The ceremony is held every Ramadan under the generous auspices of Shaikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum, wife of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

Lt-General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Deputy Chief of Police and General Security in Dubai, was named the charity personality of the year for effective community work.

Fadila Saif bin Khadem Al Rumaithi was also named the charity personality of the year for supporting charity projects. Both winners were honoured during the celebration called the ‘Mother of Giving’ ceremony.

The event saw the presence of Shaikh Mohammed bin Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum, along with senior officials, businessmen, sponsors, representatives of charity associations in the UAE, and Dar Al Ber Society board members, head of sectors, managers, staffers, and over 100 volunteers.

Abdullah Ali bin Zayed, the Executive Director, Dabs, said Dar Al Ber, believing in the importance of orphans, spares no effort to make them happy, provide them with all requirements for an honorable standard of living, and looks after their health and education until they grow up, abd become able to manage their own business.