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Here is the EW's guide to children charities, any donations will improve the lives of the children that are in need.
6 March 2013
| Last updated on 4 June 2017
Here is EW's guide to children's charities in Abu Dhabi if you want to reach out and make a difference. Remember, any help, however small, makes a difference.
Make-A-Wish UAE
The Make-A-Wish Foundation steps in to assist children diagnosed with a life-threatening medical conditions and their families by providing an avenue for hope and strength. By focusing on the positive, the Make-A-Wish Foundation brings magic and joy to these children each year, by granting their most cherished wish. This is an experience that the children, their parents and siblings look forward to, often holding on to it to get through the tougher times.
For more information please visit www.makeawish.ae
The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
The P.C.R.F. helps to locate free medical care for children from the Middle East who are unable to get the necessary and specialized treatment in their homeland.
The main objective of the P.C.R.F. is to identify and treat every child in the Middle East in need of specialized surgery not available to them locally. We locate, sponsor and run volunteer medical missions to the Middle East in adult and pediatric cardiac surgery, pediatric cardiology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, maxillofacial surgery, pediatric urology, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, pediatric orthopedic surgery, occupational therapy, and other specialties. We also locate abroad free medical care for children who cannot be adequately treated in the Middle East.
For more information on the PCRF, please visit www.pcrf.net
PCRF Volunteer at [email protected] or on +971 50 331 3705
SOS Children's Villages
SOS Children's Villages is active in 133 countries and territories. The variety of this international work is brought together by the umbrella organisation SOS Children's Villages International, which unites all of the autonomous national associations.
SOS Children's Villages' work is built upon the generosity of the donors all over the world. All online donations, large or small, regular or occasional, go towards helping SOS Children's Villages make a difference to children's lives. Read more...
Amani Kids
At the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, East Africa, Amani Children's Home rescues street children and orphans from homelessness and restores hope in their lives. Amani provides children off the street with a safe and loving home, education, medical care, healthy food, and counseling.
For more information visit www.amanikids.org
Athena's Quilts is a socially responsible business inspired by a 2 year old girl, Athena. The aim is to provide children with the most beautiful, handcrafted quilts while seeding a lesson of giving back to society.
Dusit Smiles
Joy Bean Noodle Bar have made children their top priority as they are the future of our society. Giving them the opportunities to learn, to grow, and to live with good health and happiness will help create a solid foundation for the long-term development of every community.
Dusit Smiles is the global charity initiated by Dusit International as part of our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. To heal children’s smiles and make the world a better place, we have partnered with Operation Smile (www.operationsmile.org), a worldwide organisation that mobilises a force of medical professionals and caring hearts to provide safe, effective reconstructive surgery for children born with facial deformities such as cleft lip and cleft palate.
Through an extensive year-round activity under Dusit Smiles, we are not only helping to raise funds to support numbers of operations, but also uplifting awareness among our clients, partners, and employees via training, mission visits, government relations, marketing and public relations, and others.
DOSC Sailability
Sailability is committed to giving people with special needs the opportunity to learn to sail and to integrate into the sailing community.
We are looking to expand our activities but require further volunteers. Non sailors are welcome as there are plenty of land based activities to cover. Volunteers this way please...
Riding for the Disabled Association of Dubai
RDAD's programme utilises the horse to achieve a variety of therapeutic goals, thereby allowing our students, with special needs, to further develop their physical, cognitive and emotional abilities. This means we can encourage our riders to achieve more than they ever thought possible, allowing us to focus on ABILITY and not disability. RDAD is a not for profit organisation and relies totally on assistance from individuals and organisations to keep the programme running. You can support us by promoting awareness of our programme, or just by coming along and volunteering. RDAD volunteers assist during our riding sessions by either leading the horses or side walking to provide help and support to the students. We have both morning lessons at 9am & 10am as well as afternoon sessions at 4pm and 5pm on various days. If you would like further information on our programme or volunteering with RDAD please send an email to the RDAD Team on [email protected] and we will send you our information pack.
Sunflower Children
Sunflower Children (www.sunflowerchildren.org), is a non-profit organization that helps underprivileged children around the world gain access to nutrition, medication and education. They currently support 12 projects in 8 countries and each project is customized to suit the needs of the children within that area. If you would like to get involved, please contact Natasha (Bartlett-Twivey) via email [email protected]
Dubai Autism centre- DAC
DAC is a local non-profit organization. We have a school for 43 children and young adults with Autism, parent support groups and community education programs. We currently have 80+ children on our waiting list. 70% of the centers running costs are covered through fundraising. Volunteers and support welcome! www.dubaiautismcenter.ae
Little Wings Foundation
The Little Wings Foundation (TLWF) is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to children living in the Middle East and North Africa, who suffer with musculoskeletal deformities. They believe that every child, independent of race, religion or gender should have the same opportunity in life. They currently support a Clubfoot Initiative in Eritrea, East Africa. They provide treatment in Dubai for children from throughout the MENA region and perform surgical missions to Palestine. For more information visit www.thelittlewingsfoundation.org or [email protected]
Christina Noble Foundation
The Christina Noble Children's Foundation in Vietnam & Mongolia is a non-profit organisation which is dedicated to helping children in need with education, medical care, social opportunities, and job placement.
If you would like to learn about ways to support the charity then please contact our CNCF Representative in Dubai, Gill O'Farrell on Mobile: 0551824293. Tel: 04 455 6842. E-mail: [email protected].
Please visit us at our Facebook page - CNCF UAE
Pratham
The mission of Pratham Middle East is to have "Every Indian Child in School and Learning Well" by raising awareness of the illiteracy problem and by raising funds for the same. Pratham is one of India's largest non-profit organizations working in the educational area. It has started a campaign 'Read India' to support children's
literacy drive in India. For more information log onto www.pratham.org or email [email protected].
Gulf For Good
If you want to get fit, get going and do something worthwhile at the same time, Gulf for Good has the answer! G4G is a Dubai-based charity, founded in 2001 under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum. Open to all Gulf residents and nationals, our adventure challenges around the world raise money for handpicked children’s charities in the areas where the challenges take place. Click here to read more.
All As One
All As One is a charity dedicated to providing the orphaned and destitute children of Sierra Leone with a loving home,education,medical care, and a chance for a better future. The children have paid a high price due to war,poverty,HIV/AIDS,and the "conflict" diamond trade.
And TODAY we need your help in the following 3 ways:
Spread the word. Tell your friends, family, co-workers, and others about us. Ask them to consider making a difference for the children in Sierra Leone.
Keep us in your thoughts and prayers. This encourages us so much and gives us the strength to keep moving forward.
Support us with your gifts. We work hard to stretch every dirham as far as it can go.
Email: [email protected] Website: www.aaodubai.org
Downs Syndrome Support Group
Our weekly coffee mornings for Mums and babies/toddlers in now held at ' Favorite Things' first floor of the Palm Strip Mall, Jumeira Beach Road, opposite The One. This happens on a Sunday between 10am - 12 noon.. We also have a sing a long session from 11 to 11.30 am. and everyone is welcome to come along. For more information please call at 050 880 9228 or email us at
Magic Bus is a registered charity providing an outdoor education for children living in slums and rural poverty in India. Its vision is to bring about a fundamental shift in the way communities behave and to empower youth to take charge of their lives and build stronger communities. Since its genesis in 1999, the organisation has worked with approximately 140,000 children from marginalised backgrounds, providing them with a need-based and age specific programme, which addresses vital social and personal developmental needs. Using sports as a medium, and by providing positive role models, children are made aware of their own abilities and of the world around them. They learn to support each other across gender, social and religious divides. Their awareness turns into a belief that they can make a difference, which provides them with a purpose in life, thereby enabling them to move out of and stay out of poverty.
Magic Bus started in Mumbai and is now based in Maharashtra, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh. Its aim is to reach out to over 1 million youth across India in the next 3 years. To find out more visit: www.magicbusindia.org or email [email protected]
