There is no other month of the year in which people are more giving and more compassionate than in the holy month of Ramadan. People make extra efforts to help the needy, families and relatives get together, neighbours exchange food and visit each other.
Iftar meals are not only distributed at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, which The National featured yesterday, but also in neighbourhoods around the Emirates. This year, the number of iftar tents set up by community members has visibly increased. Families are competing to host iftars and share their food with people who are away from home.
There are also annual, more organised community initiatives, including the Ramadan Sharing Fridges, which encourage residents to stock fridges and coolers in industrial areas and residential neighbourhoods with food and drinks for labourers, and the Smile on the Face, which collects and hands out iftar meals, toiletries and towels to labourers. These are only a few of many.
