The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has allocated 30 taxis daily to deliver thousands of meals to the beneficiaries of the \u201810 million meals\u2019 campaign that was launched under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and led by his wife Her Highness Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of UAE Food Bank, to support communities affected by the coronavirus across the country, throughout the Holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n
In addition, RTA will donate topped-up Nol cards to senior citizens and resident families of taxi drivers to enable them to purchase their needs in the Holy month of Ramadan. The authority will also be providing Iftar throughout Ramadan for the cleaning staff and security officials at Latifa Hospital, Rashid Hospital and Dubai Ambulance Service, as well as those who work in silence in such difficult times, knowing that all precautions and the best safety measures will be followed during the handover process of food.<\/p>\n
RTA\u2019s contribution to this humanitarian cause, includes the seamless flow of logistical support for in-kind contributions made by institutions, companies and individual volunteers who add qualitative, non-traditional contributions in support of the campaign.<\/p>\n
In a statement, His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA said, \u201cHis Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, a pioneer in humanitarian acts and white hands in the field of charity, has made it a habit for us to launch humanitarian and social initiatives to serve humanity across the world. The \u2018Dubai Cares\u2019 initiative was aimed at spreading education in poor countries, the campaign \u2018Noor Dubai\u2019 is to restore hope for the people deprived of the blessing of sight, then the initiative \u2018Dress One Million Needy Children\u2019, the \u2018Suqia\u2019 campaign, and the \u2018Reading Nation\u2019 initiative – these initiatives and campaigns come in support of the path of giving, whose rules were laid down by our founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, as the act of goodness has become the identity of the UAE.\u201d<\/p>\n
The largest food distribution drive organized by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, in cooperation with the Community Solidarity Fund Against COVID-19. The campaign and the supporting institutes are making sure that the contributions of all donors with be distributed to the needy amongst the country, according to an integrated logistical support network and a detailed database of the various cases in need of support.<\/p>\n