Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has actually approved 12 major programmes to provide 27 social and altruistic initiatives that directly support the three motifs of the Year of Providing campaign, which was released by HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE. DEWA's campaigns support the instructions of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to implement efforts to support everyone in the UAE, and establish a long-term change in the method the future generation helps the UAE.

The Higher Board of the Year of Giving at DEWA, chaired by HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, accepted the efforts as part of DEWA's Corporate Social Duty (CSR) and its initiatives to support the Year of Giving initiative. The efforts will be applied together with prominent local and worldwide altruistic organisations.

Al Tayer noted that DEWA will launch an intranet web page that consists of 11 volunteering campaigns in the first phase. The site gives a devoted web page for each and every volunteer that determines their volunteering hrs. DEWA is the first federal government organisation to establish such a website that computes volunteering hrs of each employee. DEWA has additionally included an unique category for its interior excellence honors for volunteering and philanthropic campaigns. This supports DEWA's initiatives to boost offering and social work among its personnel.

"DEWA functions according to an integrated organisational structure to offer culture and promote cohesion among its participants. Our social campaigns become part of a comprehensive structure that is straightened with the UAE Vision 2021, the Dubai Plan 2021, and the DEWA Strategy 2021. This consists of plan advancement, introducing the initiatives, executing, and assessment according to the Global Reporting Effort (GRI), to ensure the sustainability of results. DEWA cooperates with a variety of government and exclusive organisations to advertise social duty, and motivate volunteer job among DEWA personnel and culture in its entirety. We likewise function to instil the worth of offering the nation in the hearts of brand-new generations to reflect their love for the UAE, which is a value that already loads the hearts of the UAE's citizens and residents. The ultimate objective that all of us aim to achieve is the joy of people and society, to ensure a brighter future for generations to come," stated Al Tayer.

The social and offering programmes that DEWA introduced consist of: 'Risalt Khair' to sustain worldwide relief efforts, educational programs, and infrastructure development jobs in bad countries. 'Ghars Al Khair' will certainly give hydroponic greenhouses to reduce water consumption by approximately 80%, with earnings from the sales of agricultural produce mosting likely to charity. This program also consists of growing Ghaf trees in DEWA's power plants and tasks. 'Souq Al Khair' offers the products and craft products of charities at DEWA's events and networks, such as Planet Hr, WETEX, Green Week, and the Intranet. 'Taleem Al Khair' promotes volunteer work among workers by moving their knowledge and experiences to others. 'Tyour Al Khair' distributes birdfeeders to DEWA team and the people of Hatta. 'Fazat Al Khair' markets the goods made by prisoners and detainees. 'Mahdak Al Khair' will establish reproducing premises for fish and coral reefs making use of devices and old transformers. 'Ruwad Al Khair' helps outstanding orphan students and gives them top priority for DEWA's scholarship program. 'Muaferat Al Khair' distributes and sets up power and water saving equipment. 'Sandouq Al Khair' is a social fund for DEWA team. The programmes additionally include the 'Al Khair programme' on Zayed Good samaritan Activity Day. DEWA will certainly also donate extra equipment and devices to bad nations. 'Al Khair Accelerators' in cooperation with UAE Water Help Foundation (Suqia) urges study to create innovative options to generate water making use of solar power.

DEWA's CSR efforts over the last few years have contributed to an increase in community complete satisfaction and happiness levels, from 82% in 2013, to 89.01% in 2016. DEWA also got several worldwide awards and certifications in CSR, consisting of the MVO8000 Global accreditation in CSR, ending up being the first government organisation in Dubai to obtain this global recognition.