Fujairah Charity Association, in cooperation with the Abattoirs Department, Fujairah Municipality, distributed Udhiyah meat to 2,000 families in need and to orphans and widows across all areas of Fujairah.
Yousef Rashid Al Marshoudi, Director of Fujairah Charity Association, said that on the first day of the blessed Eid Al Adha, the Association implemented the Udhiyah campaign under the slogan “Your Udhiyah, Joy and Reward”, covering 2,000 families within the country and 5,000 outside the country, alongside distributing Eid clothing and fruit baskets to orphans and dignified families in need, in cooperation and coordination with government institutions in the Emirate.
He pointed out that the Association, in cooperation with the Abattoirs Department, Fujairah Municipality, designated five abattoirs for slaughtering the Udhiyah animals in Fujairah, Masafi, Mirbah, Dibba and Al Bidyah, where the Udhiyah animals were slaughtered and their meat transported and distributed on the same day of slaughter to eligible groups.
He explained that the Association set the value of the Udhiyah at AED 550 within the country and AED 400 outside the country, and the value of Eid clothing for orphans at AED 500, while the value of the fruit basket is AED 150.
Al Marshoudi added that, to make things easier for donors, the Association assigned representatives at more than 24 sites in various areas of Fujairah, and foam boxes with ice were also allocated to preserve the Udhiyah and deliver it chilled to those entitled to it in accordance with food safety procedures.