Etihad staff hand out blankets and sweaters to children in Belgrade - in pictures

Residents of the Home for Children and Youth shared smiles, laughs and hugs with the Etihad employees, who distributed 400 blankets, 300 cardigans, and four wheelchairs to institute residents as part of the airline’s Colour Their Lives initiative.

Located in Sremica, a suburb south of Belgrade, the home, which is almost 50 years old, now houses more than 300 mentally handicapped children and adults.

Members of an Etihad Airways delegation deliver blankets and cardigans to residents of the Home for Children and Youth in Sremica, a suburb south of Belgrade.

Aid packages arrive with Etihad Airways employees at Belgrade airport.

Juma Al Dhaheri, UAE Ambassador to Serbia, and Nenad Ivanisevi, Serbian state secretary at the ministry of labour, employment, veteran and social affairs, deliver gifts for residents of the Home for Children and Youth in Sremica, near Belgrade. Christopher Pike / The National

Residents of the Home for Children and Youth take part in a tailoring workshop in Sremicа.

Juma Al Dhaheri, UAE Ambassador to Serbia, and Nenad Ivanisevi, Serbian state secretary at the ministry of labour, employment, veteran and social affairs, arrive with Etihad Airways employees to deliver aid supplies.

Saif Al Saeed, a graduate manager at Etihad’s corporate strategy department, arrives with aid packages at the airport.

Members of an Etihad Airways delegation deliver blankets and cardigans to residents of the Home for Children and Youth in Sremica.

Hundreds of orphans and disabled people at a shelter on the outskirts of the Serbian capital received donations from Emirati volunteers as part of an Etihad Airways charity campaign. Photos: Christopher Pike / The National