Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the "Preparing Makers of Hope" program was launched yesterday, which aims to cultivate Emirati youth and develop leadership and administrative cadres in the field of humanitarian work, by providing them with knowledge and experience The tools, best methods and practices inspired by making positive change, cultivating a culture of hope, empowering societies, improving the quality of life, and addressing the most prominent challenges facing humanity in various parts of the world.
The program is organized by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation, in cooperation with the Dubai Council for the Future of Humanitarian Action, and under the supervision of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Leadership Development. The program combines an academic curriculum and field training intensively, with an emphasis on the practical side and field trips in disadvantaged communities outside the country.
In the first phase of the program, the affiliates will take part in workshops that will be organized in the International City for Humanitarian Services in Dubai, to receive the necessary knowledge, before they embark on the second phase of a field trip outside the country in which they work in teams serving a community in one of the needy villages in a remote area classified as places The less fortunate, and Emirati Hope Makers' projects will be presented to a specialized committee to obtain material and moral support, to follow up, develop and expand their horizons.
The training program will be documented through a four-episode TV program broadcast on Dubai TV next Ramadan, in cooperation with the Dubai Media Foundation, with the aim of documenting this experience and extracting many inspiring messages and stories and sharing them with people, and presenting a set of Emirati inspirational models to the Arab world from makers Passionate hope seeking to be part of the Emirati tender system.
Saeed Al-Attar, the Assistant Secretary General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Initiatives International, said, "The preparation of Emirati hope makers reflects the eagerness of the Emirati leadership to send a humanitarian message and ambassadors of the Emirati citizens in the field of humanitarian work." Adding the program aims to prepare models and create Inspirational stories for the people of the Emirates in the field of humanitarian work ».
For his part, Ahmed Al Mansoori, Executive Director of the Radio and TV Sector at Dubai Media Corporation said, “The Hope Industry is an essential part of our media message and of our image that has been established in the global conscience, as a country that is a pioneer in doing good, invests in giving and harnesses all its resources for the sake of human dignity. He stressed that "the media is a basic partner for all development sectors in the country, and a major carrier of the values of the Emirati children in giving and giving and making hope."