DUBAI- Dubai Taxi Corporation, DTC, of the Roads and Transport Authority has recently launched "Al Khair Ride" initiative for the People of Determination (people with disabilities) in cooperation with Al-Futtaim Motors Company, the strategic partner of RTA's Foundation. It involves offering the disabled people free rides throughout 2018 on board.
An agreement was signed by DTC and Al-Futtaim Motors in the presence of Mohammed Obaid Al Mulla, RTA’s Board Member and Chairman of Charity Foundation, and Dr. Yousef Al Ali, CEO of DTC and Vice-Chairman of RTA’s Charity Foundation, among other senior officials from both parties.
"The People of Determination can avail Al Khair Ride initiative by calling 042080808 where the service is run at Dubai airports round the clock," said Dr. Al Ali. "Al Khair Ride is part of DTC’s plans in response to the UAE’s ‘Year of Zayed’ and RTA’s Foundation initiatives. The initiative also encapsulates the lifelong values ??of the Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. It also comes in support of Dubai Government’s initiative of ‘My Community is a Home for All,’ aimed at turning Dubai into one of the world's most disabled-friendly cities by2020," he continued.
He added that DTC attaches paramount attention to the People of Determination to identify their needs and aspirations to ensure their comfort aiming to come up with improved initiatives and means of delivering smooth services to them.
The taxis are equipped with added technologies, safety and privacy. In turn, Yousef Al-Raeesi, CEO of Government Affairs at Al-Futtaim Motors, said, "This initiative is part of the efforts to reinvigorate the noble values instilled by the late Sheikh Zayed, the symbol of wisdom, goodness and generosity. The initiative also encourages benevolence and humanitarian work among public and private entities."
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