The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), in cooperation with the Sharjah Charity Association and the company «Vegetitech», launched a community health initiative to provide a number of needy families and members of the community in Sharjah with fresh organic vegetables for free during the commitment period to stay at home, in support of the state’s orientation that individuals should remain Community in their homes, and encourage them to adhere to healthy eating habits.
The initiative targets more than 1,000 families in Sharjah, with 6,200 kilograms of fresh organic vegetables, with mechanisms that adhere to the full health, safety and prevention measures taken by the state, announced by the World Health Organization, especially that the process of delivering organic vegetables to members of the local community will be without touch.
The CEO of Shurooq, Marwan bin Jassem Al-Serkal, said that the initiative aims to support the state’s trends in light of the precautionary measures that it is taking in the face of the new Corona virus (COFED-19), and renews the institutions ’commitment to the community, and its impact in spreading healthy habits. And patterns of proper food to raise the immunity of individuals, and at the same time help them to avoid leaving the home for their own safety.
For his part, the Executive Director of the Sharjah Charity Association, Abdullah Sultan bin Khadim, stated that the initiative allocates a fresh vegetable basket to hundreds of families and individuals in the local community in Sharjah, appealing to all members of the public the need to cooperate and stand alongside the efforts made by the institutions to implement initiatives and campaigns that mitigate the effects of challenges The world is going through in the current situation.
The vegetable baskets contain about 300 kilograms of locally grown products on a daily basis, organic agricultural products that are grown in water ponds and grow with the help of light, and will be packed in environmentally friendly packages that are biodegradable in the soil.