Gulf Air, RCO launch passenger donations projectGulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, has launched a key initiative in co-operation with the Royal Charity Organisation that permits all passengers to donate coins or notes of any currency onboard its flights for the RCO. More… |
Alert over Syria donations scam in BahrainA warning has gone out to Internet users in Bahrain not to fall prey to scam artists taking advantage of the crisis in Syria. Fraudsters have reached out to people across the country via e-mail and social media to plead for donations, Social M More… |
Emirates donates $1.36m to Compassion campaignDubai-based Emirates airline is donating Dh5 million ($1.36 million) to the Tarahamu (Show Compassion) campaign. This is in response to widespread appeals to the public and private sectors initiated by President His Highness Sheikh Khal More… |
More voluntary blood donors needed: WHOThe World Health Organization (WHO) has called for all countries to obtain 100 per cent of their supplies of blood and blood products from voluntary unpaid blood donors by 2020. In lieu of World Blood Donor Day on June 14, More… |
Ikea UAE to donate at children’s campaignIkea UAE, a member of Al-Futtaim group, is donating 1 euro ($1.32) for every soft toy Ikea stores in Dubai and Abu Dhabi during the upcoming annual Soft Toy Campaign to help Unicef’s education programme. The Soft Toy Campaign will be held More… |
Causeway trucks backlog clearedHundreds of trucks waiting for the last four days to cross the King Fahad Causeway entered Saudi Arabia last night. Sources told our sister newspaper, the Gulf Daily News, the entire backlog of trucks was cleared after Saudi Customs author More… |
Bahrain goes pink amid cancer alarmBahrain will go pink this month in support of breast cancer awareness and prevention, with alarming statistics showing GCC women were developing the illness as early as in their teens. Fundraising activities and awareness drives to highlig More… |
Ramadan charities gather $266m in SaudiThe total of donations for Ramadan from most companies in Saudi Arabia has reached SR1 billion ($266 million). Al Rabie Saudi Food Company, a leading food and beverage brand in Saudi Arabia, recently led a donation campaign to raise funds More… |
EZW launches fund-raiser for Asia disaster victimsEconomic Zones World has announced the launch of a humanitarian fund-raising campaign in association with the UAE branch of Human Appeal International to help the victims of the recent earthquake and storms in Indonesia, the Philippines and India. More… |
Gulf Air organises charity driveNational carrier Gulf Air, as part of its recently launched Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, organised a charity drive yesterday. In a simple function held at the Gulf Air Muharraq headquarters, tens of boxes containing day More… |