The wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, President of the Grand Heart Foundation, launched a wide campaign to collect financial donations and zakat funds, under the slogan: “Support you with a safe distance”, which will contribute to strengthening the health care of refugees and displaced persons in the face of the Corona Virus pandemic. Al-Mostajad (Cofid-19), in several gatherings in Arab, Asian and African countries.
In the first phase, the campaign targets refugee and internally displaced communities in Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Bangladesh, and Kenya, while following up on health conditions in various refugee and displaced sites around the world.
At the local level, the Big Heart Foundation will work - during the campaign - to provide food supplies to workers and families of different nationalities residing within the UAE, and affected directly or indirectly from the repercussions of the spread of the "epidemic."
Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi said: “While we are committed to social separation in the bliss of our homes and our homelands, there are refugees who do not have this luxury, under extreme conditions deprived of them of immunity backed by proper food and a strong health system.”
Her Highness added: "Combating the Corona pandemic is the responsibility of every individual and institution in the world, and each of us can contribute to protecting many people from injury, or saving a life threatened by disease, and what doctors, security men and researchers are doing is invaluable, and all individuals and institutions must Contribute to what they can to support the efforts of the first lines of defense.
Her Highness said: «While the world is busy with its scientists, knowledge and techniques in producing an effective treatment against the virus, there are many measures that can be done in the context of preventing it and preventing its spread, and at the forefront of these measures comes the provision of health care, strengthening medical care systems and rapid and effective response in The locations of refugee gatherings in particular, in addition to alleviating the burdens on families residing within the state, which were affected in one way or another by the repercussions of the spread of the (epidemic) ».
Her Highness continued: «The world today needs to join hands and cooperate more than ever, to enhance the ability of societies to face the Corona pandemic, and if we strive towards building a single human society that shares dreams, concerns and destiny, then this is a time to demonstrate the seriousness of our endeavors, what we do today will remain immortal in Memory of the people, and will determine the fate of the relations of societies with each other in the future ».
The "campaign" targets refugee gatherings in Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Bangladesh, and Kenya.