The activities of the national campaign “Emirates Volunteer” started, which was announced by the Supreme National Committee for Volunteerism during Crises, aimed at unifying volunteer activities at the state level, and promoting integration and cooperation between all governmental and private sectors and community participation within the context of affirming cohesion and cooperation in the UAE, and supporting efforts National to tackle the spread of the new corona virus - Covid 19.

The national campaign aims to support volunteer efforts at the state level, harnessing the experiences, skills and talents of community members and involve them in the volunteering process, through two types of volunteering, which are field and virtual, and within an integrated and sustainable system of volunteering in the country during crises.

The campaign seeks within its goals during the current stage to attract the owners of expertise and skills from the medical staff; within the specialties: general practitioner in all fields, psychiatrist, nursing in all fields, retired doctors from all specialties, students from various medical specialties, and anyone with training certificates in first aid Primary or emergency response.

The campaign provides virtual volunteering through volunteering opportunities at a distance for different members of society, enabling them to contribute to the campaign by providing their own expertise and skills from their homes to maintain their safety, through the national volunteer platform “volunteers. Emirates” volunteers.ae.

Everyone is allowed to participate in virtual volunteering from the age of 14 years in the fields of "serving different entities", and for specialists, what is required in virtual volunteering is to provide volunteers to offer courses and workshops in different fields for all ages, such as sports, art, languages, health, and address Corona and others, in addition to health professionals Psychological, and in dealing with senior citizens, and certified professional trainers.

Volunteers also have the opportunity to volunteer at the call center, which is available to all, with priority given to specialists in serving customers and speakers of different languages, while public volunteering is open to all citizens and residents from 14 years of age or older.

The “UAE Volunteer” campaign allows all members of society, citizens and residents, to volunteer and supplement the field giving forces and contribute to the efforts made to address the repercussions of “Corona” through field volunteering on the ground, and to support some societal groups, especially in the national survey centers to check Covid-19 for Composite Road, in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company - SEHA, Quarantine Support - Abu Dhabi Health, the “Response” call center in Abu Dhabi Health, and the Abu Dhabi Health Department’s call center “Takatuf”, in addition to volunteering at the DHA field hospital, and volunteering to provide Medical support in Dr. J, providing support at airports and ports in the Emirate of Dubai, volunteering to support health facilities in Sharjah and Ajman, and volunteering to support the efforts of quarantines in Umm Al Quwain, and «Takatuf: to tackle the new Corona virus by supporting health facilities in Fujairah, in addition to volunteering at medical examinations in Fujairah , And support the efforts of the humanitarian city in Fujairah.

The Minister of Community Development, Hessa bint Issa Bouhamid, stressed the importance of volunteer work, which in these exceptional circumstances is a national duty that we must fulfill within the framework of personal, national and moral responsibility, and in the context of Jamil Al-Watan's response, noting that crises fade and challenges disappear, and loyalty remains stuck in the mind And the memory of loyalty to the homeland and belonging to humanity, which is written down by the volunteer work of its owners in records preserved by history for them and for generations after them.

She called on all sectors of society, and the medical personnel in particular, to take the initiative in presenting their expertise and skills in support of the tremendous efforts made by the national teams in the field of tackling the spread of the Corona virus, stressing that the campaign «Emirates volunteers» came in these specific circumstances, to confirm the principle of «human support For the person », whether this support is for the volunteer himself or for the person who needs help.

For his part, General Director of the National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Commission, Obaid Al-Hossan Al-Shamsi said, “The volunteers are able to play a role no less important than the pivotal role played by medical and health teams in the field these days, under the umbrella of support and favorable follow-up to achieve the best results.”
He added, "We, in turn, strive to provide all possible support to all field and virtual volunteers."

Al Shamsi pointed out that there are dozens of volunteering opportunities in the field in general medical, health and community specialties, at the level of the UAE emirates, and that everyone who has the ability and will to give the country something of his skills and expertise, can choose the right opportunity to join field soldiers who continue to work and hope together, to eliminate the Corona virus soon.

The Supreme National Committee for Volunteerism in Crises called on all members of society to document their volunteer moments and share them with others by interacting with the hashtag # Emirates_Volunteer. You can contact the "volunteers.ae" platform through the website: www.volunteers.ae, and by calling 800 - VOLAE (80086523), and by e-mail: info@volunteers.ae, to obtain adequate answers to the various inquiries expected, and see All the platform offers opportunities, advantages and services to support volunteering and volunteers at the level of the UAE.