RTA Entertains Elderly To A Fun Tour Of Metro Stations, Heritage Areas

The Event Coincides With The International Day Of Older Persons

Roads and Transport Authority - Nashwan Attaa’ee: A fun tour, organized by the Women’s Committee, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), to some metro stations and heritage areas in Dubai for a horde of senior citizens organized in cooperation with the Elderly Nursing Homes in the UAE, was well-received by the elderly, offering them a source of joy and happiness. Besides that, it generated in them a feeling that they were well looked at and cared for by official bodies as they were keen to know about their conditions and find out how they fare, particularly on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons.

The elderly were accompanied by Dr. Aysha Al Busmait, Director of Marketing and Corporate Communication and Chairperson of RTA’s Women’s Committee, and a number of Committee members. The group arrived from their Elderly Nursing Homes to Etisalat Metro Station on their own buses before boarding the metro to Ghubaiba Station where a tour was arranged for them at the end of which they were offered heritage-inspired gifts while commemorative photos were taken. Then the group boarded a bus from Ghubaiba Station on a tour around nearby heritage areas, where they were offered beverages & water. The trip was concluded by a journey back to Etisalat Station where they were hosted to a luncheon.

"This simple gesture reflects RTA’s keen attention to articulate its corporate responsibility towards various community segments into concrete actions and practical initiatives oriented to this dear segment of the society, which had played a crucial role in laying our family, social, and economic structure, besides building and cementing the standing of our country not only at the regional level but also across the globe," she added.

"Besides being a social & corporate duty, caring for the welfare of the elderly brings us closer to Allah. Moreover, it reciprocates the efforts of senior citizens in bringing up and educating their sons & daughters, and recognizes their contribution to providing a decent living for their family members," she continued.

Dr. Aysha called on all government, semi governmental institutions, along with the business community in the UAE to pay more attention to the elderly as such initiatives boost the communication between the elderly and other community segments by enabling senior citizens to meet their younger compatriots in public places which they have been longing for, and reminds them of the beautiful bygone days, especially in areas of marked with heritage and traditional events.

Emirate:  Dubai

Date: Oct 25, 2011

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