Hundreds of students from schools across Abu Dhabi yesterday graduated from a military instruction programme called Flags.
Mariam Khalifa Al Shamsi of the training company Al Shaheen, which ran the classes, said the scheme helped to build character and gave the youngsters a greater sense of responsibility. "The Flags programme provides students with all the skills necessary to protect themselves, their community and their homeland," she added.
Abu Dhabi Police, the Armed Forces and Abu Dhabi Education Council took part in yesterday's ceremony at Zayed University for Girls, where 600 students from 13 schools graduated.
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A foster couple or family must:
- be Muslim, Emirati and be residing in the UAE
- not be younger than 25 years old
- not have been convicted of offences or crimes involving moral turpitude
- be free of infectious diseases or psychological and mental disorders
- have the ability to support its members and the foster child financially
- undertake to treat and raise the child in a proper manner and take care of his or her health and well-being
- A single, divorced or widowed Muslim Emirati female, residing in the UAE may apply to foster a child if she is at least 30 years old and able to support the child financially