The Executive Council of the Emirate of Sharjah, headed by His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, has granted an exceptional sabbatical leave with a comprehensive salary for employees of the Sharjah government to carry out volunteer work that supports various sectors, due to the importance of volunteer work and its impact on society in all areas, especially in emergency situations, crises and disasters The spread of epidemics.

The Sharjah Volunteer Center, in coordination with the Emirate’s Volunteering Committee, offered 37 volunteer opportunities, contributed by 486 volunteers during the period between March and May 2020, and the total volunteer hours exceeded more than 15,000 hours, in addition to recording nearly 1900 volunteers who are competent and passionate to provide the best, and serve the community of the state The United Arab Emirates.  

Exposure to crises and emergencies activates the role of some sectors from others, and therefore the need for support arises through volunteering of various members of society, in addition to that in the case of epidemics and other crises, the need for volunteers specializing in certain areas becomes an urgent necessity, so the Sharjah Volunteering Committee raised A legislative proposal that supports volunteers and the parties that you wish to volunteer with, especially to face the new epidemic of Corona.

The Center worked by providing various voluntary opportunities to consolidate the concept of social responsibility among members of society, especially during the period of crises and disasters, while ensuring that the necessity to follow the preventive regulations and guidelines set by the United Arab Emirates to confront the threat of the Corona virus.

The head of the Social Services Department, Afaf Al-Marri, stressed the necessity of activating the volunteer work system and emphasizing its importance, especially during the period of crises and disasters, and educating all members of society and encouraging them to participate actively by providing them with various voluntary opportunities, whether public or specialized opportunities, pointing to the need to develop volunteer horizons to include Virtual volunteering along with field volunteering, general volunteering, and specialist volunteering to counter the Covid-19 epidemic in the country.

Al-Marri said: "Volunteering plays a pivotal role in enhancing the meaning of community cooperation and interdependence and increasing social communication between individuals, and raising the concept of social responsibility that supports the effectiveness of government action and increases its efficiency, as we in the United Arab Emirates are keen to prepare the individual and train him for the national response in times of Emergencies, crises and disasters, as the past period proved the great and main role that volunteers played in supporting and supporting the efforts of the UAE government. "

Voluntary opportunities

The Social Services Department provided four volunteer opportunities, which are "Baraka Al Dar" which aimed to promote cohesion between community members and the elderly, and "stay safe" through which the department distributed sterilization kits to community members, and "cohesion" in which support was provided to adults Age citizens and residents over the age of 60, and the "Giving Fund" through which the department distributed 2,000 food funds.

The Sharjah Cooperative Society provided a number of voluntary opportunities, such as "shopping comfortably and safely", with the aim of organizing the shopping process at 80% in the association in a precautionary manner, and the "Aoun" initiative that worked to support the needy families in the Emirate of Sharjah by preparing 4000 food baskets.

The Ministry of Health and Community Protection launched the initiative to "tackle the Corona pandemic - quarries", "tackle the Corona pandemic by mandate", the "first line of defense" initiative and the "United Nations - Specialized Volunteer" initiative, and "Together we join together - specialist volunteering", and "response to a pandemic" Corona - Ajman "," Musandon "," Musandon - Specialized Voluntarism ", and the" We Are All Homeland "initiative launched by the Sharjah Medical Zone of the Ministry of Health and Community Protection.

And the Sharjah Charity Association through the "Learn to Homeland" initiative distributed smart tablets to the families of families in need to support them to continue distance learning easily and without any obstacles and difficulties, while the Endowment Department was keen to revive the endowment year among the benefactors during the Covid Crisis - 19 by re Publishing endowment project advertisements through volunteer social media accounts, as part of the "Volunteer Endowment" initiative.

The Sharjah Police General Command (Community Police) launched the initiative to "tackle the Corona pandemic to ensure the safety of individuals in quarantine and assure them of the necessity of their commitment to the instructions directed to them to confront the virus and limit its spread."

The Ministry of Education, through the "Learn for our country" initiative, was keen on ensuring that male and female students have access to textbooks to pursue distance education under the current circumstances.

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