The joint Mass Wedding Committee between Port, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) and General Directorate of Residence and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) organized its first preparatory meeting for the upcoming 7th mass wedding which will be held next May under the name “wedding of Zayed sons” in recognition of the Year of Zayed 2018.
Khalil Saqer bin Gharib, Director of Corporate Communication Department at Dubai Customs, Head of Mass Wedding Committee, and committee members received the visiting delegation which was headed by Brigadier General Ahmed Muhammed Al Muhairi, Deputy Head of Mass Wedding Committee in GDRFA.
The meeting covered the latest updates in this project and the latest achievements in organizing mass weddings over the past years and plans for the upcoming mass wedding in May 2018 which will see 600 bridegrooms and brides tie the knot.
Bin Gharib confirmed the importance of cooperation between Dubai Customs and different government departments to make mass weddings a success.
“These initiatives help families to achieve more stability and happiness. Happy families are our strategic objective, which follows the wise vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai in building stronger and more stable UAE families by supporting young people who plan to get married”.
“The youth of today are our future and they are the UAE’s real asset. We realize the pivotal role these young people play in sustaining development and prosperity. Mass weddings is a great initiative that was started by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (may God have mercy upon him). This will encourage young people to get married and start their family life without having to worry about extravagant marriage expenses” added bin Gharib.
The two sides agreed to call this year’s mass wedding “The Wedding of Sons of Zayed” in commemoration of the late Sheikh Zayed and his great deeds.
On his part, Brigadier General Ahmed Muhammed Al Muhairi, Deputy Head of Mass Wedding Committee in GDRFA said: “This mass wedding will be an unforgettable experience to us as it comes in the Year of Zayed. GDRFA will support the grooms and brides to start a new happy family life as part of our commitments in supporting our people and making GDRFA an even better and happier place for them”.
At the end of the meeting the two parties applauded the success of the joint mass wedding committee in organizing previous mass weddings in support of the employees and the local community, economically and socially.
Over the past six years, the Committee helped 600 young men to get married.