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Sultan Qaboos award panel meets SHARE Muscat: The Technical Committee for Sultan Qaboos Award for Voluntary Work held its first meeting this year at the Ministry of Social Development headquarters. The meeting, presided over by Dr Mohammed bin Ali al Saadi, Director-General of the Social Care at the Ministry of Social Development, reviewed the activities associated with the award. It also reviewed the new nomination and assessment forms for the various categories of the awar...

JEDDAH: The culture of volunteer work is an important part of Muslim society throughout the year but especially during Ramadan. This is a time of deep faith during which positive behavior and selfless acts are encouraged. Nowhere is this more evident during the holy month than in the halls of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, where volunteers from the public and private sectors and charities work tirelessly to maintain it and serve pilgrims from around the world. The General Presidency for the Affair...

Updated: 5:42 PM EDT Apr 19, 2021 The Teachers Association of Baltimore County voted to encourage members to stop all voluntary work until the district fixes its ongoing internet problems.TABCO issued a statement Monday, saying it is calling on all educators to stop working unpaid overtime hours starting Thursday.The countys educators are calling on the district to fix all internet issues, create an option for some teachers to only teach remote learning when the county moves to four i...

Dubai Police horses share a special bond with orphans 12 Mar 2021 Dubai Mounted Police recently organised a training workshop on horse riding for 15 orphans from Hemaya Schools for Boys. As part of the Dubai Police’s community-based initiative ‘Positive Spirit’, the Dubai Mounted Police, in coordination with the General Department of Community Happiness, have recently organised a training workshop on horseback riding basics for 15 orphans from Hemaya Schools for Boys. The...

Dubai: Captain Khalifa Al Roum, Director of Dubai Police Volunteer Platform, said the volunteer wing had recorded 89,758 hours of volunteer work carried out by Dubai Police’s employees and members of the public who joined the force in its volunteering and humanitarian work. Captain Khalifa Al Roum “Dubai Police achieved first place for the best governmental institution supporting volunteer work during the 17th edition of Sharjah Award for Voluntary Work for the ‘Volunteer Platform’ proj...

Adjust font size: Experts, charity organizations, and volunteer representatives from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan attend the fifth Cross-Strait Symposium on Voluntary Work in Beijing on Dec. 10. [Photo courtesy of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation] The COVID-19 crisis has affected societies and economies around the globe. Voluntary work, an indispensable part of ensuring the normal functioning of society during the epidemic, has also been affected heavily but has since made substantial ...