Tuesday, December 27, 2022 – 7:35 PM
Al Ain, on December 27, WAM / The Family Development Foundation organized – within the activities of the Zayed Humanitarian Library – the first introductory meeting for the Family Reading Challenge Program for the year 2022-2023, which was launched as the first cultural family project that supports reading as a civilized family project, by encouraging individuals The family adopts reading as a way of life that contributes to the devotion of knowledge to enhance communication and dialogue between family members, in the presence of Sheikha Dr. Shamma bint Muhammad bin Khalid Al Nahyan, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan Foundations, and Her Excellency Maryam Muhammad Al Rumaithi, Director General of the Family Development Foundation.
The introductory meeting was attended today at the Jebel Hafeet Community Center in Al Ain, by more than 50 beneficiaries of the Foundation’s services and programs from families residing in the Jebel Hafeet area and its vicinity, as well as through the display system “TIMS”.
The meeting was also attended by Sheikha Al-Jabri, media advisor to the Family Development Foundation and head of the Zayed Humanitarian Library team, a number of directors of centers and departments, and a group of media professionals, influencers on social networking sites, the public and family members, to introduce the program and answer questions regarding how to participate in the program, which had a good impact. in the area.
Al-Jabri said that the Family Development Foundation, in its active community role, focuses on building an educated society and developing the skills of individuals through the programs, events, and services it provides in its centers spread across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, which take care of all members of the family and society, in an effort to achieve sustainability and community stability that is in the interest of society and the nation. And building self-sufficient societies by developing the individual’s skills and enhancing his culture in various fields.
The introductory meeting was presented by Fatima Al-Mansoori, Director of the Foundation Center in the port and Vice-Chairman of the Zayed Humanitarian Library team. Examples of the role of reading in enhancing communication between all family members. The second criterion focuses on community reading and providing examples of the role of reading in enhancing communication between family and community members, and providing solutions to social issues for family and community members.
The third criterion focused on the results, as the participant in the “Family Reading Challenge” program reviews the number of visits made to public and electronic libraries, the number of books that have been summarized, the number of family meetings dedicated to reading, the number of family challenges that reading contributed to solving, in addition to the percentage of social impact To read on family and community “success stories”.
Al-Mansoori reviewed the conditions of the program, which is the participation of more than one member of the family “father, mother, children, grandfather, grandmother”, and providing summaries of the books read in a rich way that provides a comprehensive idea of the content of the book, creativity and innovation in ways of transferring knowledge and presenting it using modern technologies and various means of communication. In addition to choosing a social issue to read regarding and finding new solutions to reduce or eliminate it.
Abdel Nasser Moneim / Ali Al-Hajry
