Donation: AED185,400 for a student bus

The Dubai Centre for Special Needs is an established, non-profit organisation dedicated to providing the highest standard of specialised education, therapy and vocational training, for children with various disabilities. Since 1983 the centre has been largely dependant on the generosity of the local community and corporates for financial aid and other support services. Their aim is to provide each and every one of the students the key to a positive life, thereby “Lighting the path to a brighter future”.

“During one of our visits to the DCSN, we were made aware of the issues they are having with the current traffic congestion in Dubai / Sharjah - especially for kids that are coming from Sharjah. The first pick up is at 6:30am in Sharjah with the kids (and their minders) not getting to the DCSN until just after 9am. These are kids with serious special needs and this situation is really unacceptable. To fix the problem, the DCSN was after an additional bus to split up the existing route in Sharjah and subsequently the time the kids will be taking to get to the DCSN every morning”.

The UAE Charity Challenge team, through the support of its sponsors for 2008, paid for the purchase of a NEW Mitsubishi Rosa bus (185,400 AED / 50,518 USD ) to split up the Sharjah pickup route and improve the life of the kids at the DCSN.