7Emirates Run and RAKBANK ‘Get Children Back on Their Feet’

RAKBANK recently supported the UAE's only cross-country charity run, “7Emirates Run,” organized by Al Jalila Foundation on the occasion of the UAE National Sports Day on 25th November and to celebrate the UAE 44th National Day on 2nd December. The 575 kilometre, 12-day charity run managed to raise the targeted amount of AED 777,000 to pay for life-transforming surgeries and post-operative medical support for UAE-based children that are unable to walk in order to ‘get children back on their feet’.  The run began at the Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan Hotel by Rotana in Abu Dhabi, which organized a number of community fundraising activities leading up to the start of the cross-country event. RAKBANK staff participated in the Dubai 7 kilometre social run to support this philanthropic cause.