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The Mawaheb from Beautiful People, an art studio and gallery for adults with special needs located in Bur Dubai's Al Fahidi Historic Neighbourhood was included with a kaleidoscope of colour by Communications professionals from AkzoNobel in the South East & South Asia, Middle East, Africa and Australasia region.

The team from AkzoNobel, a leading global paints company and producer of Dulux brand name took part in a series of activities as part of the Human Cities manifesto consisting of illustration, awareness session & inspirational speech, and mixed-painting activity with Mawaheb's young artists. With each other, they additionally produced a large canvas that shows the purpose of AkzoNobel in creating every day's necessary in making lives more livable and inspiring. The 'masterpiece' work will be shown at the company's office in Dubai.

Introduced in 2014, the global Human Cities effort intends to help the world's cities deliver a more powerful sense of community function, pride and happiness. The event was likewise targeted at producing recognition on autism, with the World Autism Day being marked on April 2 yearly.

Angela Tan, Head of Communications for South East & South Asia, Middle East, Africa, Australasia region at AkzoNobel, said: "Life is a empty canvass which permits us to add our very own tones of colour. We are delighted to bring colour to the canvass with the student musicians at Mawaheb from The upper class while they also included the vibrancy of colour and ideas into our lives. We are honoured to have this chance to have actually found out and gained a lot from the Mawaheb team with their exceptional creative thinking and team spirit.

Wemmy de Maaker of Mawaheb from Beautiful People, claimed: "CSR is an integral part of the Mawaheb methods where we work together with business companies and bring recognition concerning Individuals with Special Requirements (The Determined ones). For the Mawaheb artists, it was an excellent pleasure to share their talents and abilities with the team from AkzoNobel. We share the interest for art and colours what made this event extremely special."

Mawaheb from Beautiful People aims to sustain the advancement of young people with unique requirements using art as a device to bridge the gap in between each person in the culture. The studio is located in the culturally rich Al Fahidi Historic Area in Bur Dubai, and is a space where student musicians can discover imaginative skills and develop their self confidence in a relaxed safe environment.

AkzoNobel routinely organises community-oriented campaigns in the region. The company's personnel take part in numerous efforts such as the recent blood contribution drive organised in Dubai. AkzoNobel had actually also renovated the Secondary Area of The National Charity School in Gharhoud, Dubai, as well as the Association of Early Treatment for Children with Disability, in Muscat.

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