UAE: 30 philanthropic organisations honoured for serving communities in need

UAE: 30 philanthropic organisations honoured for serving communities in need

Sharjah: As many as 30 philanthropic organisations based in the UAE have been honoured for serving communities in need. Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, President of American University of Sharjah (AUS), honoured them also for their long-standing partnerships with AUS at the Community Partners Recognition Reception. Organised by the Community Service and Outreach Division at the AUS Office of Student Affairs, the event honoured AUS’ community partners, with whom AUS has built strong partnerships throughout the years, offering its students diverse and unlimited volunteering experiences. The event featured a celebratory video highlighting the role of the many organisations that worked with AUS throughout the years in some of its most impactful initiatives. These include the Hand in Hand project with the Sharjah Social Empowerment Foundation, which saw an average of 100 students every year volunteering to rehabilitate schools and orphanages; the AUS Blind Group with the Emirates Association for the Visually Impaired, which help provide audiobooks for people with visual impairments; UAE Red Crescent collaborations; Sharjah Police collaborations on the annual AUS Awareness Day. The most recent AUS’ contribution to build a classroom in Ghana on the occasion of the AUS Silver Jubilee, in collaboration with Sharjah Charity International,