Sharjah 24: The participants in the 3rd Volunteering Forum of Sharjah Social Services Department (SSSD), stressed the necessity of unifying all volunteer efforts within a homogeneous and harmonious institutional framework to find a single platform that includes a broad database of volunteers at the UAE level.

Participants also called for conducting training courses for volunteers that contribute to raising their levels and excellence in providing volunteer services. They called for the necessity of instilling a love of volunteering in the new generations’ hearts through school curricula, and opening the way for them to participate in Gulf, Arab, and international volunteer work as it increases their experience in this field.

Sharjah Social Services Department (SSSD), held, on Tuesday, the third volunteering forum, under the slogan “Volunteer Work and Making an Impact,” in conjunction with International Volunteer Day, held each year on December 5, in the presence of Ahmed Ibrahim Al Mail, Director of SSSD. 

In his opening speech, Al Mail stated that organising the forum confirms that the United Arab Emirates is a pioneering centre in volunteer work, which contributes to highlighting the values and culture of the UAE as a leading global model in empowering members of society, and harnessing technological development to establish volunteer platforms that dedicate their role as pioneers for volunteering and leaders in humanitarian and community work. Al Mail continued by saying that volunteer work has occupied a large part of the lives of most sons and daughters of the UAE and has become a way of life, and it is clearly represented through their giving and contributions in different circumstances and occasions to draw a smile and make the future better.

Al Mail added that volunteer work is a noble human value and a source of comprehensive development for societies, and volunteer work rules were established by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah at the emirate level, which came to enhance the development of the society in which we live.

Hessa Al Hammadi, Director of the Department of Community Cohesion in SSSD said that “Sharjah Centre for Volunteer Work” is an umbrella for volunteer work in the emirate. It has contributed to achieving social solidarity and community cohesion, and has strengthened volunteer work in the emirate, through managing and organising volunteer opportunities and spreading the culture of volunteering among people, community individuals and institutions.