{"id":46691,"date":"2026-01-15T05:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/?p=46691"},"modified":"2026-01-15T05:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:41:16","slug":"19-beneficiaries-of-sharjah-social-services-perform-umrah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/19-beneficiaries-of-sharjah-social-services-perform-umrah\/","title":{"rendered":"19 Beneficiaries of Sharjah Social Services Perform Umrah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/19-beneficiaries-of-sharjah-social-services-perform-umrah\/dujd4iskeq9zqyspbs5hksop5sd8orcyrdcfrtks\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46692\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46692\" src=\"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/duJD4iskEq9ZQySPbs5HKsOp5Sd8ORcyRDCfrTKs-300x228.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/duJD4iskEq9ZQySPbs5HKsOp5Sd8ORcyRDCfrTKs-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/duJD4iskEq9ZQySPbs5HKsOp5Sd8ORcyRDCfrTKs-395x300.png 395w, https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/duJD4iskEq9ZQySPbs5HKsOp5Sd8ORcyRDCfrTKs-214x163.png 214w, https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/duJD4iskEq9ZQySPbs5HKsOp5Sd8ORcyRDCfrTKs-150x114.png 150w, https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/duJD4iskEq9ZQySPbs5HKsOp5Sd8ORcyRDCfrTKs-60x46.png 60w, https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/duJD4iskEq9ZQySPbs5HKsOp5Sd8ORcyRDCfrTKs.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sharjah Social Services Department organized a trip to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to<br \/>\nperform Umrah for a group of its beneficiaries from various care institutions, including shelter<br \/>\nhomes, the Elderly Care Home, the Social Care Home for Children, Al-Roshd Oasis, and the<br \/>\nWomen Protection Center. The group was accompanied by a full team of supervisors, employees,<br \/>\nnurses, and organizers to ensure smooth management of the trip. The initiative aims to enable<br \/>\nbeneficiaries to perform religious rituals in a spiritual atmosphere that promotes peace of mind<br \/>\nand psychological well-being, while reinforcing values of compassion and social solidarity and<br \/>\naffirming care for priority groups.<br \/>\nKhaled Al Abdouli, Director of Al-Roshd Oasis and Head of the Department\u2019s External Trips<br \/>\nCommittee, stated that the total number of participants reached 35 individuals, including 19<br \/>\nbeneficiaries, with the remainder comprising employees, escorts, nursing assistants, a general<br \/>\nphysician, the administrative team, and an imam.<br \/>\nAl Abdouli praised the significant support provided by the sponsoring entities for the Umrah trip,<br \/>\nemphasizing that such cooperation reflects the commitment of institutions in the Emirate of<br \/>\nSharjah to their humanitarian and community roles. He also commended the Sharjah Civil<br \/>\nAviation Department for covering the travel tickets for all participants, as part of its dedication to<br \/>\nsocial responsibility and contribution to humanitarian initiatives.<br \/>\nHe further expressed his gratitude to Sharjah Charity International for its generous financial<br \/>\nsupport allocated to hotel reservations and transportation, noting that this integration between<br \/>\ngovernment and charitable entities played a direct role in the success of the trip, bringing joy and<br \/>\nreassurance to the beneficiaries and strengthening values of solidarity and compassion within the<br \/>\ncommunity.<br \/>\nThe trip will last five days, from December 19 to 23, during which the group will head directly to<br \/>\nperform Umrah rituals, followed by a visit to Madinah, before returning home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/19-beneficiaries-of-sharjah-social-services-perform-umrah\/dujd4iskeq9zqyspbs5hksop5sd8orcyrdcfrtks\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46692\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sharjah Social Services Department organized a trip to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to<br \/>\nperform Umrah for a group of its beneficiaries from various care institutions, including shelter<br \/>\nhomes, the Elderly Care Home, the Social Care Home for Children, Al-Roshd Oasis, and the<br \/>\nWomen Protection Center. The group was accompanied by a full team of supervisors, employees,<br \/>\nnurses, and organizers to ensure smooth management of the trip. The initiative aims to enable<br \/>\nbeneficiaries to perform religious rituals in a spiritual atmosphere that promotes peace of mind<br \/>\nand psychological well-being, while reinforcing values of compassion and social solidarity and<br \/>\naffirming care for priority groups.<br \/>\nKhaled Al Abdouli, Director of Al-Roshd Oasis and Head of the Department\u2019s External Trips<br \/>\nCommittee, stated that the total number of participants reached 35 individuals, including 19<br \/>\nbeneficiaries, with the remainder comprising employees, escorts, nursing assistants, a general<br \/>\nphysician, the administrative team, and an imam.<br \/>\nAl Abdouli praised the significant support provided by the sponsoring entities for the Umrah trip,<br \/>\nemphasizing that such cooperation reflects the commitment of institutions in the Emirate of<br \/>\nSharjah to their humanitarian and community roles. He also commended the Sharjah Civil<br \/>\nAviation Department for covering the travel tickets for all participants, as part of its dedication to<br \/>\nsocial responsibility and contribution to humanitarian initiatives.<br \/>\nHe further expressed his gratitude to Sharjah Charity International for its generous financial<br \/>\nsupport allocated to hotel reservations and transportation, noting that this integration between<br \/>\ngovernment and charitable entities played a direct role in the success of the trip, bringing joy and<br \/>\nreassurance to the beneficiaries and strengthening values of solidarity and compassion within the<br \/>\ncommunity.<br \/>\nThe trip will last five days,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":567,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[550],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/567"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46691"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46694,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46691\/revisions\/46694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}