The "Emirates Today" campaign and "Faraj Fund" achieve its humanitarian goal

The "Red Crescent" pays two prisoners' debts at 770,000 dirhams

• The prisoners' files were examined to ascertain their eligibility for assistance.

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The Ramadan campaign, launched by the newspaper "Emirates Today" and "Faraj Fund", achieved its humanitarian goal, as it was able to release seven citizen prisoners, at the state level, who had defaulted in financial cases, whose debts amounted to two million and 10 thousand dirhams, after the Red Crescent Authority has sponsored The UAE paid 770,000 dirhams to release the last two remaining prisoners out of the seven, and the joint humanitarian campaign aimed to release them, coinciding with the holy month of Ramadan and the advent of the blessed Eid al-Fitr.

Last week, "Emirates Today" published a news story that the "Beit Al Khair" association would pay off the debts of four of the seven prisoners, with an amount of one million dirhams, while two people donated 240,000 dirhams, which were distributed among one inmate.

"Emirates Today" and "Faraj Fund" launched a humanitarian campaign to release seven prisoners, at the state level, who are struggling with financial issues, within the framework of cooperation between the fund and the newspaper to release financially troubled prisoners, and this cooperation contributed to the release of a large number of inmates in correctional facilities. And punitive, defaulting on financial issues and legal friendly.

Beneficiaries of the campaign expressed their happiness and deep thanks to the "Beit Al Khair" association and the donors, appreciating their help in paying the sums of financial issues they incurred, which enabled them to return to their normal lives.

The Deputy Secretary-General for Local Affairs at the Emirates Red Crescent Authority, Salem Al Rayes Al Ameri, said, “The authority is always keen to contribute to humanitarian charitable work, which translates the leadership policy in this aspect,” noting that the authority decided to contribute to the “Emirates Today” campaign and The "Faraj Fund" for the release of insolvent prisoners, and decided to pay the debts of two prisoners included in the campaign, amounting to 770 thousand dirhams.

He added that the initiative coincides with the month of goodness, which makes individuals and institutions join hands to relieve the distress of these insolvent prisoners, explaining that “the founder of the state and the pioneer of the process of giving laid the path of compassion and solidarity in the UAE society. Crises, relieving their anguish and bringing happiness into their homes, and we can only be part of this approach.

Al-Amiri praised the efforts of the Faraj Fund and Emirates Today, which are leading these humanitarian campaigns, praising all the institutions and individuals that interact with them.

The General Director of the Faraj Fund, Hamad Abdul Rahman Al-Nuaimi, thanked the Emirates Red Crescent Authority, appreciating its contribution to the release of the last two prisoners in the campaign, stressing that “this is not strange to the authority, as it always takes the initiative to adopt several humanitarian initiatives, and constantly stands by the needy. Especially the prisoners who are languishing in state prisons. ”He also thanked the institutions and individuals for their support and contribution to the Ramadan campaign for the benefit of prisoners, and made this joy over them two joys, adding that the Fund’s management is proud that it translates the state’s policy into humanitarian charitable work, especially in the month of Ramadan. Virtue.

Al-Nuaimi confirmed that “the Committee to Study Prisoners in the (Fund) addressed the sub-committees of the Faraj Fund in the State's prisons, at an earlier time, to prepare the lists of eligible prisoners, so that they could be included in the campaign organized by the Fund, targeting insolvent prisoners' cases.” To ensure the extent of their entitlement to assistance, and to exclude those who do not meet the conditions of assistance.

He mentioned that the fund will start releasing prisoners after communicating with the concerned authorities during the next few days, so that the joy will be two joys: the first is the joy of their release, and the second is the joy of family reunification on Eid al-Fitr, explaining that the fund always sends a community message to encourage individuals to do charitable work. , In line with the leadership's directions in humanitarian work, and the other message is to warn of the dangers of borrowing that leads its owner behind the iron bars, due to the failure to manage life well.

The editor-in-chief of "Emirates Today", Sami Al-Riyami, confirmed that the newspaper organized a humanitarian campaign in the month of Ramadan with the "Faraj Fund", aiming to release prisoners before Eid Al-Fitr, as part of its Ramadan campaign "Traham". Thanks to the contributions of individual and institutional donors, the campaign was able to Achieving its goal before the end of the month of Ramadan, and bringing joy and happiness to prisoners and their families, indicating that this is in the interest of community service.

He thanked the "Red Crescent Authority", "Beit Al Khair" society and the donors for their sponsorship of helping the prisoners and their families, stressing that this is not unusual for such two institutions for their support for charitable and humanitarian work in the country, and for their standing with the insolvent.

For their part, insolvent prisoners who were included in the campaign praised the interaction of donors, and appreciated the efforts of the Faraj Fund and Emirates Today in their joint initiative and cooperation, adopting the file of defaulting prisoners, and working to release them through the aid of philanthropists and donors, noting that this donation was introduced. Happiness to their hearts greatly.

• The "campaign" managed to release seven citizen prisoners, at the state level, who had struggled with financial cases.