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Zurich’s #TrulyLove social media campaign to raise funds for Manzil Centre for Challenged Individuals

Just got information about this Ramadan campaign which supports the Manzil Centre for Challenged Individuals in Sharjah (disclosure: my brother attends that school so I have a vested interest in this campaign succeeding!) – do share!

So many social media enthusiasts out there sharing photos about things they love… I’m sure people can find time to add an extra hashtag to them to help a good cause.

Information about campaign:

This Ramadan, Zurich International Life Middle East (Zurich) has partnered with RAKBANK to help give some love back the community.

Zurich’s #TrulyLove social media (Twitter, Facebook and Instagram) campaign aims to raise funds and awareness for Manzil, and for each photo and caption posted, Zurich and RAKBANK will donate AED 5 – with the aim of raising AED 75,000 for Manzil over the 4 week campaign.

Participants also get the chance to:

  • WIN! Each week, 6 shopping vouchers worth AED 500 will be given away to those with the most likes and shares.
  • BECOME A STAR! The top posts will get to feature in a future Zurich advertising campaign.

So, do your bit for Manzil today and get posting! All you have to do is post a photo and caption of something you #TrulyLove

To participate go to trulylove.zurich.co.ae or www.zurich.co.ae

1. Submit a photo and caption
2. Use #TrulyLove to post
3. Get friends and family to vote
4. WIN!

Donate books to help raise funds for special needs school

Hello,

I’m blogging to appeal for book donations. Manzil, a centre for special needs children, which is based in Sharjah, is planning to host a book sale sometime in June (I don’t have exact dates yet) to raise funds for their school.

My brother has been going to their school for quite some time now, and has made tremendous leaps and strides towards being able to care for himself. Their school isn’t as large as some of the more commonly known special needs institutions out there in the UAE, which is why they’re probably more in need of funds and support. They do great work and have a lovely, qualified staff who take pride in what they do.

If anyone has any books they’d like to donate, it’s terribly easy. Autism & Us has partnered up with TwitBookClub to host this tweetup: Books for … Manzil. We’re collecting books to donate to Manzil to feature in their booksale. #ManzilBooks makes it easier for the Twitter community to gather and donate their books for a good cause. And when the booksale is being hosted in June, they’re expecting to have 10,000 books to sell, so I’ll put up another twtvite closer to time. Books and charity…it all goes rather well together!

So anyone cleaning out their bookcases, get over to the twtvite page and RSVP immediately!

Thank you.