Dubai Internet City Supports ‘Making it Our Business’ Initiative on Breast Cancer

Dubai: 8 November, 2009 – Dubai Internet City, the region’s largest managed ICT cluster and a member of TECOM Investments, today unveiled its agenda for the - ‘Making It Our Business’ training  - an initiative to raise awareness on breast cancer and offer employees and business partners tips on preventive and early diagnosis.

Organized in collaboration with the US-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Research and Awareness, the programme seeks to attract female employees to attend a full-day training awareness session that will enable them to inform and educate their colleagues.

Nasseem Rouhani, MPH, CHES, who is the Coordinator/Master Trainer for the MIOB program in Dubai will facilitate the training.  Participants will be provided with hands on tools and skills necessary to educate their peers and awarded with certificates of participation.

A dedicated ‘Making it our Business’ training session is scheduled to be held on 9 November at Dubai Internet City’s Building 3 from 9.00am – 4.00pm.

Reem Shaban, Brand Manager, Dubai Internet City, said:

Our objective in organizing the ’Making it our Business’ programme is to raise awareness on breast cancer among the community as we consider this an important element of our Corporate Social Responsibility policy. With so many women across the region being affected, detecting through early symptoms is vital to prevent the disease from reaching a critical stage.

The welfare of our employees is our utmost priority and we look forward to receiving at the workshop as many women from TECOM investments partners to act as ambassadors for the cause.

The ‘Making It Our Business’ initiative was launched in Dubai, in 2007, by former US First Lady Laura Bush and Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussain, wife of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The programme is a joint initiative between Vital Voices Global Partnership and the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Statistics reveal that Arab nationals including those from the UAE are likely to develop breast cancer at least a decade earlier than their counterparts in Western countries. Medical reports also point out breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among females in the UAE.

As part of its vigorous CSR agenda, Dubai Internet City has initiated several programmes for the benefit of the wider community at TECOM Business Parks that further reaffirm its status as a leading knowledge cluster in the region.

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About Dubai Internet City

Dubai Internet City (DIC), a member of TECOM Investments, was established in 2000. It is currently regarded the Middle East's largest information and communications technology (ICT) cluster. Built as a strategic base for companies targeting emerging markets in several neighbouring regions, DIC’s core focus area extends from the Middle East to the Indian Subcontinent, and from Africa to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), covering nearly three billion people with a GDP of over US$10 trillion. As a knowledge-oriented business model, DIC has created a dynamic international community of IT companies hosting business partners that include some of the Fortune 500 brands, as well as a number of small and medium enterprises and ventures. In 2008, 140 new companies joined the DIC cluster. For more information, please visit: www.dubaiinternetcity.com

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