Thousands of worshipers have broken their fasts in almost 150 tents set up across Sharjah since Ramadan began on Thursday.
Dozens of tents have been set-up in areas of close proximity to low-income families and workers to provide them with iftar meals throughout the holy month.
Some 60 tents have been erected in Sharjah city while the remaining ones were distributed between Al Dhaid, Al Batayeh, Al Madam, Kalba, Khor Fakkan, and Diba Al Huson.
Abdullah bin Khadem, executive director of Sharjah Charity International, said the charity provides meals for more than 32,000 people in Sharjah daily. He said the charity also distributed meals to more than 20,000 people across 60 countries through their international campaigns.
The charity will also be handing out clothes to low-income workers and families ahead of Eid Al Fitr.
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Founders: Feras Jalbout and Kunal Taneja
Based: Dubai and Bahrain
Sector: FinTech
Initial investment: $150,000
Current staff: 12
Stage: Pre-seed capital raising of $1 million
Investors: Class 5 Global, FJ Labs, IMO Ventures, The Community Fund, VentureSouq, Fox Ventures, Dr Abdulla Elyas (private investment)
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UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
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Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010
Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille
Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm
Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year
Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”
Contributions: Hundreds of euros expected from typical Kurdish families and thousands from business owners
TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013
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