{"id":13089,"date":"2018-08-14T13:05:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T09:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=13089"},"modified":"2018-08-14T13:05:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T09:05:12","slug":"dp-world-dubai-investments-and-al-baddad-organise-international-youth-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/dp-world-dubai-investments-and-al-baddad-organise-international-youth-program\/","title":{"rendered":"DP World, Dubai Investments And Al Baddad Organise International Youth Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

DP World, UAE Region has joined forces with other partners to sponsor the 23rd Rashid Summer Camp, a month long health and fitness program for young people.<\/p>\n

The event was co-sponsored by Dubai Investments, Al Baddad International, and SAHARA Communications as part of the regional trade enabler\u2019s support of the community. The Camp is held every summer, highlighting teamwork, cooperation and leadership skills that are needed to succeed in today\u2019s world.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s topics include tackling obesity and related health issues in children, healthy nutrition and self-defense activities such as as karate and taekwondo. The new features follow a goal in the Dubai Plan 2021, to improve UAE society by promoting a healthier lifestyle.<\/p>\n

The camp\u2019s administration introduced awareness programs to teach children the value of healthy living with lessons on health and nutrition, while also encouraging participants to eat healthy foods. These lessons also talked about non-nutritious foods and the health risks associated with them, such as diabetes and high cholesterol.<\/p>\n

Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO, DP World, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cInitiatives such as this play an important role in shaping the character of young people as they mature into responsible adults. \u00a0We believe it helps them learn teamwork and leadership skills that are essential in today\u2019s world.<\/p>\n

“We believes in working with our communities through programs such as the Rashid Summer Camp, which has been doing a commendable job over the years. We will continue to lend our support to such initiatives to help build a better future for Emirati society.”<\/p>\n

Other activities at the camp included horse riding, shooting and swimming, in addition to cultural and educational topics. An attendee satisfaction questionnaire was prepared for Salama magazine by the Dubai\u2019s Road and Transport Authority (RTA) together with a children\u2019s health awareness competition and a photo captioning contest. A raffle was also held with the winners receiving tickets for a trip to Dubai Parks and Resorts.<\/p>\n

Dubai Investments, through its subsidiary University of Balamand Dubai [UOBD], is supporting the Rashid Summer Camp by Hobbies Club in Dubai.<\/p>\n

\u201cDubai Investments is proud to support the Rashid Summer Camp by Hobbies Club, which aims to build strong life skills for Emirati youth and children. This is part of Dubai Investments and UOBD\u2019s mandate to encourage the youth to learn and engage in activities that are creative, educational and stimulating during the summer months. This support also reinforces the company\u2019s commitment to the community and become sustainable contributors to the society,\u201d said a statement by Dubai Investments.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs part of its corporate social responsibility [CSR] strategy, Dubai Investments has consistently supported a number of innovation initiatives and community projects for youth and students to foster their skills and inspire their critical thinking approach. The Company believes that the summer camp such as this help the Emirati children acquire and build strong skills in various disciplines \u2013 from the most modern technologies to sports and self-defense,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

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DP World, UAE Region has joined forces with other partners to sponsor the 23rd Rashid Summer Camp, a month long health and fitness program for young people. The event was co-sponsored by Dubai Investments, Al Baddad International, and SAHARA Communications as part of the regional trade enabler\u2019s support of the community. The Camp is held […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13092,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13089\/revisions\/13092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}