DUBAI // A Dubai-based charity organisation is to donate more than Dh 6 million in Eid Gifts for more than 6000 needy families enrolled with them.
The Bet al Khair society said in a statement issued today that they had started distributing the Eid gifts, with a total value of Dh6.2 million, to needy families across the Emirates.
"We have started the distribution of the gifts since Sunday to give sufficient time to families to buy what they need ahead of the Eid," said Abbeidin Taher, the society's Director General.
There are 5,535 families who are enrolled in the monthly benefit scheme of the charity while another 1,010 families benefit from the organisation periodically.
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Company Fact Box
Company name/date started: Abwaab Technologies / September 2019
Founders: Hamdi Tabbaa, co-founder and CEO. Hussein Alsarabi, co-founder and CTO
Based: Amman, Jordan
Sector: Education Technology
Size (employees/revenue): Total team size: 65. Full-time employees: 25. Revenue undisclosed
Stage: early-stage startup
Investors: Adam Tech Ventures, Endure Capital, Equitrust, the World Bank-backed Innovative Startups SMEs Fund, a London investment fund, a number of former and current executives from Uber and Netflix, among others.