From Iftar meal distribution to ‘goodness fridges’: How Dubai schools are observing Ramadan

From Iftar meal distribution to ‘goodness fridges’: How Dubai schools are observing Ramadan

The initiatives are meant to foster a sense of giving in the community

Published: Wed 6 Apr 2022, 2:01 PM Last updated: Wed 6 Apr 2022, 2:29 PM

Schools across the UAE will reopen over the course of this week and the next after the spring break. With the academic term coinciding with the holy month of Ramadan, schools are hosting activities that reinforce the need to be sensitive, generous and tolerant. Springdales School Dubai, for instance, is organising trips to labour accommodations for students to distribute food items.

"We used to have such trips before the Covid pandemic hit. We will be resuming it after a gap of two years," said Zubair Ahmad, head of Operations, Springdales.

A supervisor will take about 15 students to the accommodations in a bus every week.

Students and staff will also collect packaged food and other essentials like rice, pulses, and sugar to be distributed among auxiliary staff like drivers, nannies and cleaners. Ahmad shared a photo of one such distribution drive the school had previously hosted :

"This will foster a sense of giving in the community. We will also be resuming on-campus Iftar parties as we used to before Covid restrictions were imposed," added Ahmad.

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