Charitable Institutions /NGO’S in Dubai

Gulf For Good

Dubai-based organisation that strives to bring together Gulf nationals & residents in a good cause, to raise sums for worthwhile
projects, to encourage people to push their limits & to show people the value & enjoyment of motivation and commitment

Mafiwasta
Organisation in the UK set up to defend the rights of workers in the UAE; it believes the government of the UAE should sign the
International Labour Organisation's conventions 87 and 98 on freedom of association and collective bargaining

Mohammed Bin Rashid al Maktoum Foundation Tel: 04-329-9999

The Emirates Airline Foundation

Dubai International Seafarers Centre Tel: 04-398-4951

5811 Al Mina Road, Dubai, UAE

Sailability is committed to giving people with special needs the opportunity to learn to sail and to integrate into the sailing
community.

Sunflower Children (www.sunflowerchildren.org), natasha@sunflowerchildren.org

DAC www.dubaiautismcenter.ae

The Little Wings Foundation (TLWF) missions to Palestine.

visit www.thelittlewingsfoundation.org or info@thelittlewingsfoundation.org

The Christina Noble Children's Foundation in Vietnam & Mongolia is a non-profit organisation which is dedicated to
helping children in need with education, medical care, social opportunities, and job placement.

If you would like to learn about ways to support the charity then please contact our CNCF Representative in Dubai, Gill O'Farrell
on 050 276 4079

All As One is a charity dedicated to providing the orphaned and destitute children of Sierra Leone with a loving home,
education, medical care, and a chance for a better future. The children have paid a high price due to war, poverty ,HIV/AIDS, and
the "conflict" diamond trade.And TODAY we need your help in the following 3 ways Spread the word. Tell your friends,
family, co-workers, and others about us. Ask them to consider making a difference for the children in Sierra Leone.
Keep us in your thoughts and prayers. This encourages us so much and gives us the strength to keep moving forward.
Support us with your gifts. We work hard to stretch every dirham as far as it can go. But, right now we need to raise Dh
29,600 in order to meet our expenses. You can help by making a gift online at: www.aaodubai.org/donate.php.

Telephone: 04 311 6578 Email: info@aaodubai.org Website: ww.aaodubai.org Specific Details Contact: Matthew Morgan-
Jones on matthew@aaodubai.org

Downs Syndrome Support Group please call at 050 880 9228 or email us at dubdownsyndrome@yahoo.co.uk.

Riding for the Disabled Association of Dubai . rdadubai@hotmail.com or call Helen Walshe 050 734 9484 for further
information.
 (Adopt-a-Camp) - helps improve living conditions for labourers in Dubai, Fujairah, and Sharjah by distributing
"Care Packages" of food, bedsheets, cleaning products, etc. Especially for workers left behind in abandoned labour
camps. Also arranges English lessons in association with student volunteers from the American University of Dubai,
and tries to organise pro bono medical, dental, and optical treatment. Founded by Saher Shaikh in 2006. Face Book
page at www.facebook.com/pages/AdoptaCamp/128987127135944. Email adoptacamp@gmail.com. Volunteers
and/or donations of food and water gladly accepted.

All As One - organisation in the UAE (and elsewhere) which supports children in Sierra Leone, in particular,
orphaned children. Tel +971-4-3116578.

Dakha Project, The (Dhakha / Dhaka) - charitable organisation founded by Maria Conceicao in July 2005 to improve
the lot of poor people in Bangladesh by providing aid and resources to enable the residents to provide for themselves
(a variation on the teach-a-man-to-fish-etc principle).

Dubai Foundation for Women and Children (DFWC / DFWAC), established 2007. Website www.dfwac.ae.
Chairman Ahmed Bin Obaid Al Mansoori, Executive Director Afra Rashed Al Basti. Helpline tel 800-111 in UAE,
email help@dfwac.ae, telephone +971-4-6060300, email info@dfwac.ae.

Embassies and consulates (not because they need assistance themselves, but they usually operate as a co-ordination
point for charitable causes related to their citizens).

Emirates Environmental Group (EEG), Jumeirah Beach Rd, near Dubai Zoo, Dubai, tel +971-4-3448622.
Environmental awareness, recycling, etc. Ironically, supported by environmentally unfriendly organisations such
as Abu Dhabi Energy (Taqa) and Dubai Aluminium (Dubal).

Emirates Volunteers Association, Sharjah, tel +971-5-5565444

Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD), The, tel +971-2-4454777 Abu Dhabi, tel +971-3-7222442 Al Ain, tel
+971-2-5073283 Musaffah.

Foresight - a Dubai based group involved in vision research and aid, in partnership with Tamkeen.

K9 Friends - takes care of dogs and tries to deal with all the summer orphans that uncivilised humans abandon
when going on their summer holidays (and yet when we call a person a dog or an animal, it's apparently an
insult).

Kerala Social Center, Abu Dhabi, tel +971-2-6314456

Medicins sans Frontiers (MSF), tel +971-4-3458177 Dubai location Dune Center on Al Diyafah St, or +971-2-
6317645 Abu Dhabi (head office)

Mission to Seafarers Dubai - operates the MV Flying Angel (funded by The Angel Appeal), a ship with a library
of books and DVDs, internet service, shop and other services for sailors on boats anchored off the UAE East
Coast (who don't generally have those "luxuries"). Donations of goods, money, help are welcome. Tel +971-4-
3984918.

Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF) Dubai Chapter - relief programs for children suffering in Gaza and
the West Bank in the Palestinian Territories.

RAK Animal Welfare Center - opening March 2010, home for stray cats and dogs needs food, animal carers,
veterinary services. See the Pets in Dubaipage for more information.

Tamkeen - support organisation at Dubai Knowledge Village (DKV) for blind and sight-impaired people.

Terry Fox Run for Cancer

UAE Red Crescent Society

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Abu Dhabi

Volunteer in Dubai

"Volunteer in Dubai" (VID) is a non-profit organisation established with the intention of bringing together volunteer
workers and charitable organisations / projects. A sort of clearing house to match donor workers to organisations in
need of help. An excellent initiative for Dubai.

Volunteer work for non-charitable organisations

Dubai International Film Festival and other significant Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and UAE events (and less significant
events) often look for volunteers to assist. They're not exactly charities but for volunteers, it can be something
enjoyable, and worthwhile to add to your CV. The positions are rarely paid (hence the term "volunteer") but
sometimes there are benefits (like watching a film or show for free). You might need to demonstrate an interest in the
area with which the event is concerned (tennis players as ball girls and boys at the Dubai Tennis Championships for
example). Contact the organisers of the event in which you're interested to ask if they are looking for volunteers. Often
they will enquire at universities and colleges for an army of unpaid workers.

• www.angelappeal.com - The Flying Angel mission to seafarers in the UAE.

• www.ead.ae - The Environmental Agency Abu Dhabi website (Arabic and English)
• www.eeg-uae.org - Emirates Environmental Group website
• www.felinefriendsuae.com - Feline Friends website (there must be a joke about UAE internet censorship
policies there somewhere).
• www.foresightrp.com - Foresight RP website
• www.k9friends.com - K9 Friends website
• www.msfuae.ae - Médecins Sans Frontières website, in Arabic and English
• www.rcuae.ae - UAE Red Crescent Society website. Variable availability, try searching the Google cache, or
contact details are tel +971-2-6419000, fax +971-2-6420101, PO Box 3324, Abu Dhabi, email hilalrc@emirates.net.ae
or hilalrc@eim.ae. There was/is also www.uaerc.org.ae but availability also variable, and it looks like something to do
with Indian tax management when last checked (in 2008).
• www.rdad.ae - Dubai Association Riding for the Disabled website
• www.tamkeen.ae - Tamkeen website with version for the vision impaired
• www.thedhakaproject.org - The Dhaka Project website
• www.volunteerindubai.com - The "Volunteer in Dubai" website

Get up close and personal with the world's plight on poverty and hunger. Collect dry and tinned food, organise a hunger banquet,
or an art or sports event to raise awareness on the conditions of the underprivileged. Check out www.standup.ae for other
options and to register your event. Join the entire nation, as people make their voices heard so that governments rededicate
themselves to task of achieving the globes’ Millennium Development Goals.

AMD Week What are you doing to save your sight?Age-related Macular Degeneration remains a condition that is often little
understood by even those who are at high risk of developing the disease >>>

The Psychiatry Department at Rashid Hospital,

Cycling for charity across the UAE and Europe.

If you want to get fit, get going and do something worthwhile at the same time, Gulf for Good has the answer! G4G is a Dubai-
based charity, founded in 2001 under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum. Open to all Gulf
residents and nationals, our adventure challenges around the world raise money for handpicked children’s charities in the areas
where the challenges take place. Gulf for Good, the UAE-based charity announces its next challenge: Cuban Challenge in
November - a 5 day cycle around Cuba. Money raised will be donated to the Haiti Fund s

United Hope UAE - www.unitedhopeuae.org United Hope is an NGO committed tp bringing an endto the suffering of victims
of social injustices such as domestic abuse, human trafficking and discrimination by empowering the region to grow a heart,
mind, soul and strength. If you would like to get involved, there are many ways you can help including making a donation or
joining United Hope and taking action. Email info@unitedhopeuae.com or call Jamila's on 050 281 0574.

START is the outreach art education programme founded by Art Dubai and the Al Madad Foundation charity. The aim is to
establish arts programmes across the Middle East lead by artists for the wider education of children. The main focus of activity is
to reach children in need but of course the definition of need shifts per country and here in the UAE the focus if very much on the
government schools and children with special needs, including those who have been physically abused. Over the past year
START has initiated projects for children and young adults in Lebanon and the UAE including weekly art classes and workshops
for those with special needs, art internships for students and the successful ‘Give Dubai a Hug’ day that saw over 50 families
painting for charity.

The Emirates Arthritis Foundation (EAF), the Middle East’s only patient support group, based in Dubai was launched in April
2006. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for arthritis sufferers through leadership in the prevention, control and cure of
arthritis. We achieve this by organizing patient education sessions throughout the Emirates, establish community programs such
as aqua-aerobics and yoga, and importantly we have an endowment fund for less privileged patients so that they are able to
receive the premium health care services that they deserve. Email -info@arthritis.ae or Phone - 04-4231470

"Helping handsUAE". If you would like to see how you can help please visit - www.helpinghandsuae.com

DAC is a local non-profit organization. We have a school for 43 children and young adults with Autism, parent support groups
and community education programs. We currently have 80+ children on our waiting list. 70% of the centers running costs are
covered through fundraising. Volunteers and support welcome!v www.dubaiautismcenter.ae

Al Ihsan Charity, based in Ajman , caters to a special layer of society of women who have lost their spouses due to divorce,
abandonment, imprisonment, etc. These women, from many countries ( India , Bangladesh , Sudan , Pakistan , Jordan , etc.) are
left to raise their children and hope that they can also send them to school.

'Dubai Cares' was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister
of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to raise money to help educate 1 million children in poor countries. The campaign is Dubai's
contribution to the U.N. Millennium Development Goals for providing Children's Primary Education to every child by 2015 and
expresses the emirate's will to play an effective role in securing a better tomorrow for future generations.
www.dubaicares.ae

Save stamps for charity

Please save all the stamps on your letters, cards and parcels. They can be converted into cash to help the charity RNIB which
does a brilliant job to improve the lives of visually impaired people in the UK. Recycle for a really good cause. Please send your
stamps to Sally Prosser, PO Box 75959, Dubai U.A.E. and TNT will send them to the RNIB where they will be sold for much
needed funds. TNT has generously donated this service. For more information about how to collect the stamps, the RNIB and
drop off points please visit: http://stampsforcharity.wordpress.com/.

Take My Junk's simple mission of collecting unwanted furniture, clothing and electrical goods from commercial and residential
properties to sell and raise money, to buy food and bare essentials for the workers who built Dubai.Take My Junk is spreading
the word into schools and colleges, looking for help in creating collection points, collection facilities and volunteers to help in the
worthwhile initiative. Already there's been a great response from students who are keen to volunteer their services.
If you want to arrange a collection or help in any way, contact 050 1794045, e-mail
info@takemyjunkuae.com