Pay 20,402 dirhams

A donor pays for the accumulated tuition fees for the children of "Abu Ahmed"

A donor paid 20,402 dirhams of school arrears to the children of (Abu Ahmed) so that they could obtain their final results for the academic semester 2020-2021, and continue their studies like the rest of their peers.

He coordinated the "hotline" between the donor and the Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities in Dubai, to transfer the donation amount to the students' account at the school.

On August 10, "Emirates Today" published the story of Abu Ahmed's suffering, and his inability to manage the amount of school arrears that he has accumulated, given the circumstances he is going through.

The father expressed his happiness and thanks to the donor, and stood by him at the time of his suffering, noting that the news of the donation made the family members very happy.

(Abu Ahmed) had previously told the story of his suffering to "Emirates Today", saying that he has been working as a public relations representative in a private contracting and construction company in the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain for 20 years, with a salary of 7,000 dirhams, and supports a family of three sons, his wife and grandmother, and his financial situation was Morale has been stable during the past years, as his wife helped him with his daily expenses, as she was preparing some sweet dishes and selling them to friends and neighbors, and throughout his stay he did not face any obstacles or financial difficulties, but he saved a small amount of his salary.

He added that in March of last year, the company in which he works decided to stop his salary for a period of eight months, after suffering a financial loss, and the money he had previously saved barely covered the daily needs of the family members of food, drink and housing.

He stressed that over time, he had accumulated debts and expenses, and he was unable to pay the accumulated school arrears on his three children (Ahmed - 15 years old), who studies in the tenth grade, Lynn - 12 years old, who studies in the sixth grade, and Zaid - nine years He is studying in the second grade of primary school, and the school arrears amounted to 20,402 dirhams.

He added that he tried to explain his financial circumstances and the obstacles he faced to the management of the private school in which his three sons study, and the school administration granted him additional time to manage the amount of school arrears, and asked the school administration to see their final results for the last academic year, but it refused until the amount of arrears, which amounts to 20, is paid. One thousand and 402 dirhams.

He added that he tried to explain to his children the circumstances he was going through and the reason why they did not obtain their final results for the last academic year, but they were not convinced by those justifications, and sadness was hanging over their faces, and they were wondering whether they would stop continuing their studies and lose an entire academic year because of things they had nothing to do with.

• “Abu Ahmed” has his salary suspended for 8 months by the company he works for.