14,000 volunteers have carried out 90,000 hours with Dubai Police to combat Corona... How do you join them?

More than 14,512 people of 82 nationalities participated in voluntary work with Dubai Police to raise awareness of the dangers of the Corona virus and to ensure that members of the public adhere to precautionary measures, carrying out about 90,000 volunteer hours, including a citizen who carried out more than 7,000 hours, and a Parkinson’s patient did not prevent him His illness from participating in volunteer work, they got the opportunity through the Dubai Police electronic volunteer platform.

The head of the Dubai Police Volunteer Platform, Captain Engineer Khalifa Al-Roum, said, "The exceptional circumstances that the world has experienced as a result of the "Covid 19" pandemic did not constitute an obstacle for Dubai Police to engage the community in volunteer work, to be part of the efforts made to educate the public about the need to adhere to the precautionary measures for prevention. Corona virus infection, and make sure they follow the laws.

Captain Al Roum added that the Dubai Police Volunteering Platform provided 107 volunteer opportunities in 2020, in which 14,512 volunteers from 82 nationalities participated, representing Dubai Police employees from the military and civilians, and from the external public, while the number of volunteer hours recorded by the platform in The same year, 89,758 volunteer hours.

He added that the platform achieved first place as the best government institution supporting volunteer work, in the 17th edition of the Sharjah Volunteer Work Award for the "Volunteering Platform" project, noting that it allows employees to view all initiatives, events and occasions, and choose what is appropriate for volunteering, according to what they enjoy. It has skills and capabilities, and the volunteer was able to enter his data according to his job number, add his skills and reinforce them with the required certificates, and thus the employee has his own file within the system, containing all the information and volunteer hours that he achieved from his external participation as well.

serving humanity

Volunteer Muhammad Nayef Abu Ali, from Saudi Arabia, said his experience of volunteering within the initiatives launched by Dubai Police, in which he completed 2436 volunteer hours, “I came with my wife to the United Arab Emirates before the pandemic on a treatment trip for our son, when the Corona pandemic weighed on humanity, Things began to change little by little, from closing airports around the world, to the stage of restrictions and closures in cities, and changing the daily lifestyle. Circumstances."

Abu Ali continued: I was quick to register at the Dubai Police volunteer platform, and participated in the tasks of checking the precautionary measures on the beaches of the Emirate of Dubai, and in the tents of the national survey centers that receive the public wishing to conduct a corona examination, as well as auditing the precautionary measures in the evening period in the Dubai Mall, and volunteered Continuously in the port police station for 8 months.

First place

While Parkinson's disease did not represent an obstacle to Huzaifa Ibrahim Hafeez to serve the community, he was keen to volunteer, and established the "Parkinson's Friends Emirates" team to support patients in the country. Especially during the pandemic period, volunteering was a great opportunity to participate in humanitarian work that enables me to provide support to the community.

Hudhaifa added that, through the Dubai Police Volunteering Platform, he was able to participate in many volunteer work since the beginning of the pandemic, and he supervised the community police volunteer team in The Dubai Mall, which includes 60 volunteers, and also participated in volunteer teams to ensure that worshipers adhere to the precautionary measures in Dubai mosques, and achieved More than 1531 volunteer hours since March 2020, and he won first place in the Sharjah Award for Voluntary Work in the Volunteer category of People of Determination.

praise

As for Laith Hamed Jawad Al-Khazji, he confirmed that his volunteer experience with the Dubai Police added a lot to him, praising the role of the Dubai Police and the volunteer platform and the efforts of those in charge of it, noting that the platform reflects the interest of Dubai Police and its keenness on the societal role, and the extent of professionalism in organizing, training and qualifying volunteers, and involving them side by side. Along with Dubai Police staff in implementing various initiatives.

He indicated that he supervised the volunteers at the Ibn Battuta Center and the Festival Mall, and was part of the volunteer team monitoring the implementation of precautionary measures in the emirate's mosques, and completed 1,350 volunteer hours.

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Dubai Police since the

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health and safety of staff and volunteers, and police teams participating in the

initiatives provided support and guidance needed for volunteers to enable them to perform the tasks efficiently, which encouraged many to join and volunteer in the initiatives launched by Dubai Police.”

Al-Amiri added that she participated in various initiatives concerned with raising awareness of precautionary measures in commercial centers in Dubai, as well as participating with bicycle teams in the Lamir area in following up on the extent of the public's commitment to implementing the instructions and procedures issued by the competent authorities regarding physical distancing and wearing masks, among others.

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