Student helps stranded women return home
When Abdullah Hussein Lootah heard that prisoners often remained in jail long after completing their sentences because of financial problems, he was moved. And when the teenage student learnt that Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan Tamim, chief of Dubai Police, had authorised a Dh200,000 diyaa, or blood-money, payment to secure the release of a Filipino prisoner trapped in exactly those circumstances, he was inspired.
The result was that Abdullah, 17, came up with Dh40,000 that will be used to help to pay for flight tickets home for 56 women - and their children - who have served their time in prison but have been unable to leave because of financial issues.
"My son was moved by the gesture and approached me to contact the prison to offer help to the prisoners in there," said Hussein Lootah, Abdullah's father. The money was entirely from their personal funds, he said.
Abdullah, a pupil at Dubai Modern Education School, handed the money over to prison officials yesterday.
Maj Gen Muhammad Hamid al Suwaidi, director general of Dubai Police's department of penal and correctional institutions, commended him.
"We value his humanitarian initiative," he said. "This gesture of Abdullah reflects his humanitarian and social upbringing."
Most of the beneficiaries were from India, Pakistan and the Philippines, said Lt Col Marwan Abdul Karim Julfar, director of the prison guard and chairman of the humanitarian services committee at Dubai Police.
"The female inmates have served their sentences in civil and criminal cases and paid their debt to society. However, they remained in jail because of their inability to pay for their flights home
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When Abdullah Hussein Lootah heard that prisoners often remained in jail long after completing their sentences because of financial problems, he was moved. And when the teenage student learnt that Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan Tamim, chief of Dubai Police, had authorised a Dh200,000 diyaa, or blood-money, payment to secure the release of a Filipino prisoner trapped in exactly those circumstances, he was inspired.
The result was that Abdullah, 17, came up with Dh40,000 that will be used to help to pay for flight tickets home for 56 women - and their children - who have served their time in prison but have been unable to leave because of financial issues.
"My son was moved by the gesture and approached me to contact the prison to offer help to the prisoners in there," said Hussein Lootah, Abdullah's father. The money was entirely from their personal funds, he said.
Abdullah, a pupil at Dubai Modern Education School, handed the money over to prison officials yesterday.
Maj Gen Muhammad Hamid al Suwaidi, director general of Dubai Police's department of penal and correctional institutions, commended him.
"We value his humanitarian initiative," he said. "This gesture of Abdullah reflects his humanitarian and social upbringing."
Most of the beneficiaries were from India, Pakistan and the Philippines, said Lt Col Marwan Abdul Karim Julfar, director of the prison guard and chairman of the humanitarian services committee at Dubai Police.
"The female inmates have served their sentences in civil and criminal cases and paid their debt to society. However, they remained in jail because of their inability to pay for their flights home
http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/student-helps-stranded-women-return-home
GOD BLESS YOU KID
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
