The Department of Social Services, Al-Hamriyah Branch, organized the Communities Forum 2023 for the second year in a row, under the slogan “Donate blood and make the world vibrant,” in Al-Hamriyah Beach Park, and the forum was accompanied by many diverse events. Maryam Al Shamsi, Director of Al Hamriyah Branch, indicated that the Communities Forum 2023 is one of the department’s strategic initiatives, as it aims to enhance community cohesion, integration and cohesion among communities residing in the region and reflect the culture of respect and strengthen cohesion between community communities. She said, “We strengthened this activity with a blood donation campaign supervised by the Emirates Blood Bank, in which a large number of people took the initiative to donate. The Blood Bank’s doctors carried out blood sample withdrawals from those wishing to donate through the bank’s mobile vehicle, which is equipped with the best necessary equipment and equipped with a medical staff.” It is composed of a doctor, a laboratory, and a nurse. This is among the generally accepted conditions for donating blood, which is that the donor must be in good health, not suffer from any acute illness, be between 65 and 18 years old, and weigh no less than 55 kg, in addition to the benefits of donating blood, the most important of which is that it works. Humanitarian, it contributes to saving the lives of needy patients and contributes to transfusing blood to those suffering from bleeding due to accidents, surgeries, and hereditary anemia (thalassemia), and donating blood on a regular basis reduces the incidence of heart and stroke and increases the activity of the bone marrow in producing new blood cells and getting rid of iron. Excess in the body and others. Al Shamsi added, “We have enhanced this initiative with a volunteer opportunity, so that we have made participation available to those wishing to volunteer from Al Hamriya and neighboring areas and of various nationalities. Those registered on the volunteer platform of the Sharjah Volunteer Center have contributed to the supervision and organization process. Their ages ranged between 18-60 years.” With regard to the program, it included cultural knowledge presented by Mr. Abdul Latif Al-Qadi with the participation of Al-Hamriya Cultural Club, and also providing entertainment competitions for resident communities as a form of cultural and social integration to achieve community cohesion and celebrate cultural diversity. Draws were also conducted for attendees and gifts were distributed by the Department of Social Services in Al-Hamriya.