A group of residents in the UAE are taking a different approach when it comes to being charitable. Rather than donate money to an organisation, Sumayyah Sayed, a 29-year-old Australian mother of two, started the Sharing Fridge campaign. 20 sharing fridges set up across the city of Dubai, each stocked up with a plethora of scrumptious and filling dishes. More than 6,000 members have registered with the group through Facebook to participate in the campaign, aimed at helping blue-collar workers.
According to The National, each fridge is filled with 400 to 500 pieces of fruit, 100 laban bottles, more than 100 bottles of juice and about 50 meals, as well as biscuits, dates and dried fruit. And that’s every single day. The most popular foods and drinks are juices, laban, water and fresh fruit and vegetables, said Alison Vickery, whose sharing fridge is in Meadows 2. A single fridge could serve up to 150 people every day and as a result, stocking the fridges has evolved from being an individualistic endeavour and into a community effort.
“We are so happy to see fridges that we can use, especially in this heat. It is a great relief, especially when we get late at work and have to break our fast in the community. Sometimes we also take food from the fridge to our camps. We are not only saving money, but also eating fresh fruits and juices, which we can otherwise hardly afford.”
– Mohammed Ramzan, a community gardener in Springs 5.
You can view the location of each of these fridges below:
Source: The National
Photo Credit: Sumayyah Sayed
