DUBAI 23 October 2017: Work has started on the first Community Charity Park, named Charity Oasis, said the Dubai Municipality.
The park is to be built at a cost of Dh10 million, in coordination with Mohammed bin Rashid International Centre for Endowment Consultancy, and will be cultivated using innovative methodology based on ‘collective outsourcing’, a concept that has been successfully used in many economic projects where members of the community contribute small shares.
For the first time, there will be community participation in the establishment of a new park through the donation of palm trees from their homes and farms, as a charitable donation in the name of the UAE community, and the returns from the park will be distributed to the needy.
“Everyone knows that Dubai is a leader in innovation in various fields. Today, we announce one of its innovations in the field of charity, in line with the #Year of Giving, declared by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the Year of Giving strategy announced by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. It will be the first charity park in the world and will be a sustainable endowment in the name of the UAE community and a witness to the charity activities deep routed in the UAE,” said Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director-General of Dubai Municipality.
Dr. Hamad Al Hammadi, Secretary-General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Centre, said, “The Charity Park in Dubai is one of the initiatives that meets the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa on announcing 2017 as Year of Giving and an innovative initiative launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, aimed at revitalising the endowment as a community development tool. This first of its kind in the world in style and idea, and will be a milestone that confirms that the UAE is a society that adopts charity in all areas.”