Hundreds of Dubai residents volunteer for Reading Nation Campaign. Dubai Cares, the organization mandated to lead the Reading Nation Campaign, sorted more than 80,000 books and packed them into over 600 boxes for distribution to the campaign’s beneficiaries.
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00:00Hundreds of volunteers sorted more than 80,000 books and packed them into over 600 boxes
00:14for distribution to less fortunate children in other countries as part of the Reading
00:19Nation campaign.
00:20Dubai Cares, the organization mandated to lead the Reading Nation campaign, said there
00:25were more than 400 multinational volunteers from across the UAE aged between 10 and 60
00:30years who work in morning and afternoon shifts at the Al-Bum Tourist Village in Dubai to
00:35complete the task in time for the Zayed Humanitarian Day last June 24.
00:40The books, which were sorted according to language, content and target age groups, were
00:44collected from more than 500 schools in UAE.
00:47We work on education for sustainable development as well as promoting the cause for education
00:52internationally with our organization.
00:55So this is why we wanted to do our bit to promote the cause of education and the cause
01:01that education is our birthright all around the world.
01:03It's really enjoyable to give back to the community, especially volunteering with Dubai
01:10Cares.
01:11I would actually encourage people to read books because reading really opens up new
01:15world.
01:16People can really travel to a different world with books.
01:21Be it fiction or non-fiction, we gain a lot of knowledge from this.
01:25It's a really good initiative to really promote the UAE around the world and help
01:29the people learn to read who are less fortunate than ourselves.
01:33I just know how important it is for children to read books, so it's something I wanted
01:37to get involved with.
01:38Students who donated books were also encouraged to write personalized messages to beneficiary
01:44children.
01:45The shipping and distribution of books will be conducted in cooperation with various government
01:49entities as directed by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President
01:54and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
01:56The Reading Nation campaign is one of the UAE's humanitarian initiatives that was launched
02:01during Ramadan.
02:02Previous campaigns achieved their targets by providing shelter, food and water to millions
02:07of needy people across the globe.
02:09Irish Eden Belieza for Gulf News.