Sharjah volunteer award celebrates collaborative charity efforts

Integration of charitable and volunteer efforts

His Excellency Dr Jassim Al Hammadi, Secretary-General of the Sharjah Award for Voluntary Work, stated that World Charity Day reinforces the idea that charitable and volunteer efforts are closely intertwined. Integrating their roles contributes to wider, sustainable social impact and strengthens humanitarian initiatives’ ability to meet the needs of those most in need, in line with the UAE’s vision of fostering values of charity and solidarity.

Developing impactful initiatives

He explained that the award continually seeks to strengthen partnerships with charitable and humanitarian entities through cooperation and experience exchange, fostering high-quality initiatives and joint projects that benefit society. The award also unifies volunteer and charitable efforts under a single framework to optimise human and material resources, enhancing operational efficiency and ensuring the sustainability of positive impacts, in line with the UAE’s vision for institutionalised charitable work.

Encouraging meaningful partnerships 

Dr Al Hammadi added that the Sharjah Award for Voluntary Work consistently encourages institutions and individuals to launch impactful initiatives based on active partnerships between different entities, noting that past successes were the result of such constructive collaboration. He emphasised that World Charity Day is an opportunity to raise societal awareness of the importance of volunteering and charitable work and to motivate participation in the UAE’s ongoing journey of humanitarian giving.