{"id":71904,"date":"2023-08-19T17:25:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T13:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=71904"},"modified":"2023-08-19T17:25:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T13:25:21","slug":"hundreds-of-volunteers-packed-7k-school-kits-for-kids-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/hundreds-of-volunteers-packed-7k-school-kits-for-kids-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds Of Volunteers Packed 7K School Kits For Kids In Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s hear it for these volunteers! They spent their Saturday morning, on World Humanitarian Day, packing 7,000 school kits for kiddos in need.<\/p>\n<h2>You read that right! Hundreds of people banded together at DP World this morning to pack 7,000 school kits<\/h2>\n<p>World Humanitarian Day is an international day dedicated to recognize humanitarian personnel and those who have died working for humanitarian causes. So, it comes as no surprise that folks in Dubai dedicated their time to a good cause. Dubai Cares and DP World partnered up and gathered hundreds of volunteers to pack 7,000 school kits for little ones in need. In the span of 8-9 hours, they registered, briefed, grouped the volunteers, and packed all the bags. The kits included backpacks, notebooks, pencil cases, stationary and all school essentials.<\/p>\n<p>This cause is to help support children\u2019s education that come from low-income families and for orphans across the UAE are truly inspiring.<\/p>\n<div style='clear:both;'><\/div>\n<p><!--infeed--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/08\/19170628\/Screenshot-2023-08-19-at-4.35.38-PM.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><\/p>\n<h2>Watch The Lovin Dubai Show:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O5gjydLpj-Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Fines For Sports Fans<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lovin Dubai Show: Big Fines For Sports Fans\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O5gjydLpj-Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/announcements\/residents-report-feeling-tremors-around-the-marina-barsha-area-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Residents Report Feeling Tremors Around Marina \u2013 Barsha Today<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Get the latest Dubai news direct to your phone RN!\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Download The Lovin Dubai app for free RIGHT HERE (<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ae\/app\/lovin-augustus-media\/id1529508280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ae\/app\/lovin-augustus-media\/id1529508280\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">App Store<\/a>) (<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=co.lovin.lovinapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=co.lovin.lovinapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Play Store<\/a>) to get the latest trending stories to your phone.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.us11.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=a9f4ce5f4cf42df02a2fcfd19&amp;id=584330a937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe<\/a>\u00a0to our Newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>Get the best of your city straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s hear it for these volunteers! They spent their Saturday morning, on World Humanitarian Day, packing 7,000 school kits for kiddos in need. You read that right! Hundreds of people banded together at DP World this morning to pack 7,000 school kits World Humanitarian Day is an international day dedicated to recognize humanitarian personnel and &hellip; ","protected":false},"author":4060,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"acf":{"hide_featured_image":false,"featured_image":{"ID":71907,"id":71907,"title":"August 19 Articles (1)","filename":"August-19-Articles-1-1.jpg","filesize":55423,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/08\/19172349\/August-19-Articles-1-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/hundreds-of-volunteers-packed-7k-school-kits-for-kids-in-need\/attachment\/august-19-articles-1-2\/","alt":"","author":"4060","description":"","caption":"","name":"august-19-articles-1-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":71904,"date":"2023-08-19 13:23:49","modified":"2023-08-19 13:23:49","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":700,"height":350,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/08\/19172349\/August-19-Articles-1-1-small.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/08\/19172349\/August-19-Articles-1-1-medium.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":150,"medium_large":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/08\/19172349\/August-19-Articles-1-1.jpg","medium_large-width":700,"medium_large-height":350,"large":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/08\/19172349\/August-19-Articles-1-1-large.jpg","large-width":700,"large-height":350,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/08\/19172349\/August-19-Articles-1-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":700,"1536x1536-height":350,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/08\/19172349\/August-19-Articles-1-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":700,"2048x2048-height":350,"small":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/08\/19172349\/August-19-Articles-1-1-230x115.jpg","small-width":120,"small-height":60,"custom-size":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2023\/08\/19172349\/August-19-Articles-1-1.jpg","custom-size-width":400,"custom-size-height":200}},"featured_image_caption":"","summary":"","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<p>Let&#8217;s hear it for these volunteers! 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