January 5th, 2009

As part of our continuous efforts to reach out to the community, our employees recently joined the sports day festivities of the Dubai Centre for Special Needs (DCSN), conducting various games and entertainment activities, and distributing prizes to the participating children. More than 135 students from DCSN were joined by parents, friends and Sherwoods’ staff for the annual end-of-term sports day.

“It was a pleasure for Sherwoods’ staff to join children from DCSN as they took part in a range of exciting activities. We are glad that we got this opportunity to see the smiles on the faces of these children, which reaffirms our continued emphasis on corporate social responsibility initiatives that are aimed at giving something back to the communities we operate in,” (Iseeb Rehman)

Sherwoods past September signed a sponsorship agreement for the "Help us build a brighter future" Ramadan campaign of the DCSN. The sponsorship, one of several projects under Sherwoods' corporate social responsibility program, aimed to help DCSN create social awareness about its operations and generate financial support from individuals and corporate organisations in the UAE.

Currently, DCSN looks after students with learning disabilities, hearing impairment, autism, ADHD, Cerebral Palsy, and Down's Syndrome, among others. Students of thespecial care centre range from 3 ½ to 24 years in age.