Dubai: Children who showed excellent results during the school year were honoured as part of a ceremony organised by the Dar Al Bir Society.
The society, which provides for children who have lost both their parents, held its sixth ceremony on Friday for its youngsters both in the UAE and abroad.
The ceremony was held under the auspices of Shaikha Hind Bint Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum, wife of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
During the ceremony, a total of Dh1 million in Eid money from Shaikha Hind was distributed to Dar Al Bir children. The ceremony also honoured those that showed excellent results during the school year.
Shaikh Mohammad Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum, who attended the ceremony, honoured Faraj Bin Ali Bin Hamouda as the Charitable Personality of the year for his humanitarian efforts.
Mohammad Ahmad Al Hammadi, a member of the Dar Al Bir board and head of the society's Charitable Projects section, extended his gratitude and thanks to Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid for his kindness, generosity and care.
He also thanked Shaikha Hind, for her constant support and patronage of the society, and Shaikh Mohammad Bin Maktoum for attending the ceremony, as well as the volunteers and the organising committee.
Al Hammadi said the Society completed 44,000 charitable projects, out of which 13,000 were for building mosques and 800 medical projects. The society sponsors 650 orphans in the UAE, and more than 26,000 abroad.
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