The Ministry of Community Development and Federal Youth Authority launched the youth guide to care for senior emiratis during the spread of pandemics in cooperation with the Ministry of Community Development to increase the awareness of the youth on how to take care of them adequately.
The guide provides comprehensive set of guidelines that enhance the opportunities for youth to participate in the daily lives of senior emiratis, thereby strengthening family relationships and ties, raising awareness of their responsibility towards senior emiraties and thereby creating a supportive and cohesive environment that has a positive impact on different generations.
On this occasion, Excellency Saeed Al Nazari, Director General of Federal Youth Authority, and member of the National committee for Sustainable Development Goals, said: “The guide includes a set of the latest mechanisms and methods that help young Emiratis understand and perform their tasks and role towards senior emiratis who are the pillars of family cohesion and community cohesion in the UAE, pointing out that working to achieve happiness and protection of the health of senior emiratis is an approach that is linked to our Arab and Islamic values which we have been raised since our childhood. Our purpose is to serve sustainable community development in the UAE."
He added: "It is the duty of the youth to ensure that they provide the necessary care for senior emiratis and give them back what they did for all of us, take care of them and ask about their health, secure all their requirements and needs, remind them of precautionary measures, and at the same time protect themselves from diseases and pandemics, especially under the current circumstances."
His Excellency pointed out that the guide offers young people the opportunity to gain new skills and learn from the experiences of senior emiratis as they face challenges and circumstances similar to those we live in today”.
Furthermore, Excellency Hassa Tahlak, Assistant Undersecretary for Social Development at the Ministry of Community Development, stressed the importance of the integrated role played by the Ministry with various authorities to support all members of the community in order to achieve family stability and community cohesion, noting that "the Youth Guide for caring of senior emiratis during the spread of pandemics” which was issued in cooperation between the Ministry and the Federal Youth Authority, embodies the partnership of development based on the principle of personal and national responsibility, which is further strengthened under the current circumstances, and teach the youththe process of dealing with pandemics.
Her Excellency pointed out that the Ministry is keen to align the guide with family protection policy initiatives, the provisions of the Law on the Rights of Senior Emiratis, and the objectives of the national policy of senior emiratis, which support the improvement of the quality of their lives, and ensure their active and continuous participation in the UAE, based on seven main pillars: healthcare, community involvement and active life, effective civic participation, infrastructure and transportation, financial stability, safety and security and quality of future life, noting that these pillars were taken into account when formulating the guide to achieve the strategic goals of the UAE "Care and Development."
Excellency Hessa Tahlak Assistant Under-Secretary for Social Development considered that the Youth Guide to care for senior emiratis includes valuable guidelines and the best care methods for senior emiratis in light of the spread of pandemics and preventive measures, in addition to the role of youth in participating in the daily lives of senior emiratis, affirming deep-rooted national values in the community and embodying the most profound forms of cohesion, coherence and responsibility, these have a positive impact on the appropriate environment for senior emiratis and the provision of their needs and requirements and achievement of their safety and happiness. This youth guide comes days after the Ministry of Community Development adopted the "We Are Your Family Remote" initiative, which achieved positive communication through video calls with 1,000 senior emiratis citizens during the first phase of its launch, this ongoing initiative supports the dissemination of the new guide, to achieve more coordination and interaction in support of this important members of the community, which is always a top priority.
Furthermore, Salma Al Ghafali, Project Manager in Federal Youth Authority, said: "We have worked to develop the youth guide to benefit from the skills and energy of the youth, give them more experiences and raise their readiness to deal with emergencies and crisis. We have also put forward a set of ideas for the youth to take care of senior emiratis during the spread of pandemics, in order to create a cohesive and coherent family; the youth guide is an opportunity for the youth to play a greater and more important role in serving their families in particular and society in general”.
Al Ghafali added: “"The youth guide includes guidelines that help the youth to create the right environment for senior emiratis and provide them with the necessary tools and needs, provide them with official information from their reliable sources, interact with them and make sure that they are happy, teach them how to practice precautionary measures to prevent and maintain their health. We all invite and encourage the youth to share their role and interaction with senior emiratis through the hashtag #Values_for Generations.
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The youth guide is part of one of the nine national initiatives launched recently by the Authority, in partnership with a number of ministries and institutions in the UAE with the aim of raising the readiness of UAE youth and enhancing their active role in dealing with pandemics and reducing their impacts on the community and all aspects of life in the UAE.
It provides a set of key guidelines for the best care of senior emiratis in light of the spread of pandemics and precautionary measures to prevent them from becoming infected and ill, especially that some senior emiratis suffer from chronic diseases or lack of immunity, so any diseases can negatively affect their health, and the role of the youth lies in increasing their care during this period and taking more precautionary measures to protect them.