The General Assembly of “Fujairah Charity Association” held its annual meeting chaired by Mohammed Ali Al Mulla, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, and H.E. Salem Al Salami, General Secretary, attended by the esteemed members of the Board of Directors, the members of the General Assembly, H.E. Yousef Al Marshoudi, Director General, and in the presence of H.E. Ahmed Al Khadeem, representative of the Ministry of Community Development, and the Association's external auditor; the agenda was reviewed, which included ratifying and approving the minutes of the previous meeting, discussing and ratifying the auditor's financial report, and approving the final accounts for the past year 2021 and the operational plan for 2022.
Al Mulla announced the results of the 2021 harvest, in which spending on charitable projects amounted to AED 71,470,020.
Al Mulla affirmed that the Association's spending went to dignified families in need, low-income families, People of Determination, and assistance to students, patients, orphans and eligible groups, distributed as follows :
– Zakat assistance, education support and productive families, worth AED 40,890,336.
– Orphan sponsorship: AED 16,540,556.
– Mosque and well projects: AED 4,028,754
– Sadaqah and charitable Waqf: AED 4,684,685.
– Seasonal projects (Iftar Saem, Eid clothing and Zakat Al Fitr AED 4,325,689.
The number of beneficiaries of the financial assistance provided by the Association in 2021 reached 23,586 individuals, and the Association also provided in-kind assistance to 59,970 individuals.
The Association also implemented the Hifz Al Neama project, with the number of meals distributed to the poor and needy from the start of the project in 2004 until 2021 reaching 7,272,050 meals, of which 46,055 meals were distributed in 2021.
In addition, there are the various charitable projects the Association implements during the holy month of Ramadan, which include (Udhiyah – Iftar Saem – Zakat Al Fitr – Eid clothing), and the total number of beneficiaries of those projects reached 388,394 beneficiaries in 2021.
In conclusion, Al Mulla extended his sincere thanks and appreciation to the people of goodness, righteousness and benevolence, and to all government and private institutions and bodies, and all media outlets that cooperated with us in supporting the Association's work, and we also extend our thanks and appreciation to the volunteer brothers and the Association's staff who made efforts to achieve the Association's goals.