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4/15/25, 10:52 AM Family Development Foundation Launches Cultural Initiatives Through Zayed Humanitarian Library
of over 250 members from families and communities across FDF's centres in Abu Dhabi,
Al Dhafra and Al Ain.”

The workshops covered various fields, such as the presentation of valuable books,
awareness messages on speed reading techniques and panel discussions to evaluate the
practices for nurturing a love of reading within families and promoting knowledge
exchange across generations.

Al Mansoori noted that the library is preparing to honour the winning families in the 'Family
Reading Challenge – Second Edition.' The competition was held with an aim to nurture the
culture of reading within families, encourage positive knowledge dialogue and contribute to
improving effective family communication, while providing innovative and sustainable
solutions to reduce family challenges.

Furthermore, she noted that more than 130 families participated in the challenge, with 12
families qualifying for the final stage and the top three being selected as winners. Along
with the challenge, various other workshops were also conducted, such as 'Planning
Family Reading' and 'Techniques for Documenting Family Activities to Support and
Educate Participating Families,' in addition to various dialogue sessions that highlighted
the success stories and facilitated the exchange of experiences and knowledge.

In line with its commitment to foster a knowledge-driven work environment, ZHL
introduced the 'Reading Corner' initiative across FDF centres. The key goal of this initiative
is to create a cultural environment that motivates employees to engage in reading during
working hours and breaks. It also enables employees to reserve a reading corner for 10
minutes each day, which helps to enhance job satisfaction, professional well-being,
creativity and innovation. Furthermore, a competition will be held under the initiative in
three categories: Best Reading Corner, Best Employee Reader and Best Content
Presenter Reader. The annual award for the winners of the competition will be presented
during the Foundation's annual ceremony.

The Foundation also conducts regular book exchange sessions for employees and library
visitors in order to foster cultural sharing and knowledge-based discussions among
individuals. Additionally, reading sessions and discussions are conducted, featuring
writers, intellectuals and experts to explore the recent literary and cultural publications and
to exchange perspectives and ideas.

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