Mobile Voluntary Al-Fareej Health Festival Launched By UAE Doctors To Strengthen Community Health

Mobile clinics staffed by UAE Doctors are starting a tour of emirates, bringing check-ups, counselling and education directly into neighbourhoods. The Mobile Voluntary Al-Fareej Health Festival delivers specialised voluntary medical services in residential areas, creating a first-of-its-kind model for community health that operates outside traditional hospital or clinic settings.

The programme aims to improve community health by focusing on prevention first. It encourages healthy daily habits, highlights the risks of major diseases, and promotes early detection. Organisers plan for activities to continue throughout the year, so residents meet medical teams regularly where they live and gather.

Operating under the slogan For our Nation – Following the Path and Legacy of Zayed the Giver, the Mobile Voluntary Al-Fareej Health Festival is launched by Zayed Giving and the UAE National Readiness and Response Programme Jaheziya. Specially equipped buses form integrated hubs for physical, mental, sports, educational, cultural and environmental health, coordinated with UAE Volunteer Ambassadors and partner institutions.

Within each mobile unit, the Mobile Voluntary Al-Fareej Health Festival offers screening for early signs of disease, tailored nutrition advice, sports and exercise programmes, and support for behaviour change. The services address inactivity, poor sleep and anxiety. At the same time, the initiative attracts and professionally trains medical volunteers, building a prepared team that can provide specialised voluntary healthcare where communities actually live.

Backers describe the Mobile Voluntary Al-Fareej Health Festival as part of a wider preventive healthcare approach that encourages specialised health volunteering and stronger cross-sector partnerships. The festival builds on more than 25 years of Zayed Giving initiatives, inspired by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and a long-standing commitment to humanitarian and volunteer service.

Adel Al Shamry Al Ajmi, CEO of Zayed Giving Initiative and President of UAE Doctors, said "the festival represents an innovative model that transforms voluntary health programmes into tangible services impacting people’s daily lives, while contributing to a healthier society capable of addressing future challenges." Cardiology consultant Latifa Al Khouri noted that "the festival is built on four pillars: volunteering, community health through early detection, health awareness, and interactive health accelerators aimed at correcting unhealthy behaviours and promoting physical activity, healthy nutrition and psychological wellbeing."

Al Anoud Al Shamry, CEO of the UAE Community and Specialised Volunteering Programme Tatawoa, urged residents to engage with the Mobile Voluntary Al-Fareej Health Festival, highlighting its role in raising quality of life and supporting lasting healthy habits. The initiative positions community-based, voluntary healthcare as an important tool for prevention across the UAE and the wider region.

With inputs from WAM