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Friday Collections
Here finds us doing what we do best of all - sleeves rolled up & hands-on meeting people who matter to us a great deal, our donors.
Open tailgate immediately attracts crowds
This is a shot of us distributing donations to people who also mean a great deal to us. We know we are making a positive difference in someone's life.
Cooperation
It has taken a while but now we enjoy the cooperation of most companies. We are 'making someone's day' it's a great feeling for us too.
Who do we help?
- Industrial workers from every country, regardless of race or religion
- Domestic workers who have taken shelter in their Embassy because of abuse by their employers (this includes physical assault, mental abuse, overwork and malnourishment)
- Workers brought here without work visas by agents who swindled them and abandoned them.
- Families facing hard times
Anyone who is in need!
Our Wish List...
A family have told us they would like a working fridge for the summer, if you are leaving or have a spare, please will you consider donating to them.
We are still collecting electronics, computers, flat screen monitors, and TV's (because of space restrictions)
books, DVD's Play Stations and games and CD's
Ladies shoes and Handbags and small mens apparell.
Helping Hands UAE
Roger & Elle would like to WELCOME you to our site, and give you a brief about what we do and why we continue to reach out to the most underprivileged, disrespected, ignored and neglected people in this society.
Some labourers earn as little as 1.90AED per hour (400AED per month)
Some work 7 days a week, 14 hours per day
Some were unpaid for up to 5 months
Exhaustion and malnutrition are common as is dehydration
We are first and foremost humanitarians, and Helpinghandsuae is a secular charitable project which has evolved from a very cold October night in 2006 when we were invited to visit a group of Philipino men in a camp. Continued here...
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Good News and Bright Spot
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| I woke up yesterday morning to an overcaste sky, closely followed by rain. After the rain the air felt so fresh, clean and pure. The buildings looked clean and refreshed and the trees and flowers were bright and their colours were vivid once again. | ||
Urgently Needed:
We are working with families who are in urgent need of the following items. If you have any of the following items you do not need any longer, and if your things are in clean and good condition please consider donating to struggling families. You will be making an enormous difference in these families lives:
Baby's cot, stable high chair, stroller, games & toys for 2-6 yr old children, bicylce - trike, swing, children's DVD's suitable for boys and gilrs.
Baby changing station, chest of draws to keep the children's things together.
Small clean sofa set, small diningroom table and 4 chairs, water coolers, large storage boxes, flatscreen tv, radio/cd player and a washing machine in working order.
ManyThanks in anticipation.
Abu Dhabi
Noch resigned and is no longer our representative since the beginning of April 09 and we have decided to be pro active there ourselves, working with a strong support team. All enquiries concerning Abu Dhabi should be address to us.
David's Village
A tribute to a model labour camp!
Volunteer Appeal
We need Hindi speaking volunteers who are active and have flexible time on their hands. You would need to have a car and be able to drive it and would be prepared to take some of the gentlemen we are helping go to their Embassy to enable them to get their out-pass, it might be the Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan. The men may need to go to Immigration and they all need to go to CID for their eye scan and fingerprinting to be done. Finally, we also like to take the men to the airport for their homeward bound journey. This area of volunteering may interest a group of friends.
Call: 050 5671 434
Email: info@helpinghandsuae.com
From time to time we have an urgent need for Malayalam speakers , Bengali, I would like to keep your name on file. Unfortunately, my laptop crashed and I lost a lot of date - back to keeping a hard copy of everything.
Regular Donations and Needs:
We are always grateful for your contributions. If you would like to help, below is a list of what is needed for a food package, per worker, per month:
- Thai, Jasmin or Biriyani rice
- Canned fish - tuna, mackerel, sardines
- Tea bags, 500g or 1 kg of sugar
- Nido milk
- Tomato paste
- Sunflower cooking oil
Care Packs (per person):
- One pillow and pillow case
- One single sheet
- One towel
- One packet of razors
- One bar of soap (Lifebuoy)
- One deodorant
- One toothbrush and tube of tooth paste
- A pair of nail clippers
This site is the only official site of Helping Hands UAE.
