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News & Updates<br />
NAFL REVIEW<br />
NAFL celebrates National Day with Al Noor Training<br />
Center for Children with Special Needs<br />
NAFL President Nadia Abdul Aziz, 5th left, leads the group in celebrating<br />
the 45th UAE National Day with the students and staff of the Al Noor<br />
Training Center for Children with Special Needs.<br />
Members of the National Association of<br />
Freight and Logistics (NAFL) joined the staff<br />
and students of the Al Noor Training Center<br />
for Children with Special Needs in observing<br />
the 45th UAE National Day with a flagraising<br />
ceremony capped with a hearty<br />
lunch.<br />
Nadia Abdul Aziz, president of NAFL and a<br />
member of the Board of Governors of the Al<br />
Noor Training Center, says the children with<br />
special needs managed to raise the UAE flag<br />
using assistive technology.<br />
At the event, they also had fun doing henna<br />
painting and having their photos taken with<br />
their national attire.<br />
Abdul Aziz said NAFL chose to celebrate the<br />
occasion with the children with special<br />
needs to create awareness about their<br />
condition and see how the more than 350<br />
members of the group can further help<br />
them.<br />
“We want the National Day to be unique.<br />
Instead of having the celebration in a fivestar<br />
hotel, we wanted to create awareness<br />
about the children with special needs so<br />
that our members can see how as a<br />
community we can help them. We have 350<br />
p l u s m e m b e r c o m p a n i e s i n o u r<br />
membership,” she said.<br />
The Al Noor Training Center was made<br />
possible through the generous land and<br />
funding donated by Vice President, Prime<br />
Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness<br />
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.<br />
Today, the center, the oldest of its kind which<br />
operates through funding from the<br />
community and the private sector, provides<br />
much needed training and help for more<br />
than 300 children with special needs so<br />
they can integrate in mainstream society.<br />
The center welcomes visitors at “Coffee<br />
Mornings” whereby the children with<br />
special needs serve them with coffee and<br />
muffins. A special tour of the center follows.<br />
HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Mohammed Bin<br />
Rashid Al Maktoum is the Honorary Patron<br />
of the Al Noor Training Center for Children<br />
with Special Needs.<br />
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