It amounted to 24,850 dirhams

A donor pays school arrears for the children of "Abu Malaz"

The donor ended the suffering of the Abu Malaz family, which was unable to pay 24 thousand and 850 dirhams, the value of the school arrears for his four children: (Malath - 14 years), (Ahmed - 12 years), (Mary - 10 years), and (Maid -) Eight years) for the academic year 2020-2021, which forced them to stay at home without studying in the second semester, due to difficult financial conditions that he had faced since March of last year.

The "hotline" coordinated between the donor and the Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department, to transfer the donation amount to the school's account.

The school transcripts of the four students showed that (Malaz) is studying in the ninth grade, (Ahmed) in the sixth grade, (Maryam) in the fourth grade, and (Maad) in the second grade, and that they are excelling in studies, and the school administration has stopped them from studying in the classroom The second academic year, due to the accumulation of tuition arrears, which amounted to 42,850 dirhams.

(Abu Malaz) expressed his happiness and sincere thanks to the donor for his help in paying the school arrears for his children, in light of the circumstances he is going through, indicating that this pause brought joy and smile back to the family.

On the third of February, Emirates Today published the story of Abu Malaz’s suffering and his inability to pay the school fees for his four children, which amount to 42,850 dirhams, due to his passing through a difficult financial hardship, and Abu Malaz was able to pay 18,000 dirhams from The total amount of the tuition fee earlier.

(Abu Malaz) told «Emirates Today» that he works for a private agency with a salary of 10 thousand dirhams, and his salary covered all the basic needs of family members, including housing, water, food and education for children, and his financial situation was stable, and he did not suspect any obstacles.

He added: “In March of last year, the salaries of the employees of the company that I work for were reduced, so that my salary became 5000 dirhams, and I became unable to pay the tuition fees for my four children, as my monthly salary barely covered the basic needs of family members, from which I pay the house rent. 1833 dirhams per month, and the remainder of the salary is spent on food and drink.

He continued: “I tried to search for a new job to be able to spend on my family, in light of the difficult circumstances that I am facing, and I did not succeed. Hoping that the financial hardship that I am going through will be temporary, and will be overcome, but the deteriorating situation that I am going through has prolonged, and I did not find a way to pay the school arrears related to my four children.

The father paid 18,000 dirhams and was unable to manage the remaining arrears.