FAQ

MAKDA stands for My Awareness Kit for Daily Actions.

We create practical emotional wellbeing tools that help children and teens better understand their feelings, build useful skills and turn awareness into everyday action.

Our approach is simple: Understand → Learn → Practice → Repeat.

Our Empowerment Collection is designed around different developmental stages, with separate tools for:

Ages 3–7
Ages 8–12
Ages 13+

Each collection adapts the language, visuals, activities and level of independence to suit its intended age group.

Our Empowerment Card Decks support four everyday areas:

Emotion Regulation — recognizing emotions and learning strategies to respond to them.

Focus Training — supporting attention, task engagement and everyday focus.

Self-Esteem Building — encouraging confidence, positive self-awareness and healthier self-talk.

Behaviour Management — supporting self-control, routines, choices and positive behaviours.

Each deck contains 40 reusable cards designed to give children and teens something practical to do—not simply something to read.

Depending on the activity, the cards include skill-building techniques, step-by-step guidance, affirmations, progress charts, mini reward charts and reminder cards.

Yes. Our cards are laminated, writeable, erasable and reusable.

Applicable activities can be completed directly on the cards using a suitable board marker, wiped clean and used again. This allows children to practise skills repeatedly rather than completing an activity once and putting it away.

Start with your child's age:

3–7 years: simple, visual and guided activities.
8–12 years: more independent skill-building while remaining engaging and accessible.
13+ years: age-appropriate tools designed with greater independence and self-reflection in mind.

Age ranges are a developmental guide. Every child is different, so you can also consider their individual needs and level of independence when choosing.

Not at all.

MAKDA tools are designed to be practical enough to use in everyday life at home, while also being suitable as supportive resources for professionals working with children and teens.

Parents and caregivers can use the cards to introduce activities, start conversations and practise skills together.

Yes. MAKDA was created from lived experience and co-developed with clinical expertise.

The content was developed in collaboration with Dr. Nour Al Ghriwati, Chief Clinical Psychologist, combining clinical perspective with practical, real-world usability.

No. MAKDA products are supportive emotional skill-building tools and are not intended to diagnose or treat mental-health, developmental or medical conditions.

They can complement professional support, but they are not a replacement for assessment, therapy, medical advice or treatment from a qualified professional.

Yes. One of the ideas behind MAKDA is helping turn understanding into everyday practice.

The activities can help children and families continue practising relevant emotional and behavioural skills at home between professional sessions when appropriate.

If your child is working with a therapist or another professional, you can also ask them which activities may best complement the work they are doing together.

No.

MAKDA is designed around challenges and skills, not labels. Children and teens do not need a diagnosis to use the tools.
The activities focus on everyday areas such as understanding emotions, calming down, focusing, building confidence, making choices and developing healthier habits.

MAKDA is a GCC-born brand, and making emotional wellbeing resources more accessible to Arabic-speaking families is an important part of our direction.

Arabic editions of our Child and Teen Empowerment Collections are being developed.

Follow MAKDA or join our community to hear when new editions become available.

MAKDA is a UAE-based, GCC-born brand, created with the needs of families in our region in mind.

Our long-term goal is to build a bilingual ecosystem of culturally considerate emotional wellbeing tools and resources.

Yes. We deliver across the United Arab Emirates.

Delivery charges and available shipping options are shown at checkout. You can find more information on our Shipping Policy page.

At this time, MAKDA ships within the UAE.

We hope to expand to additional GCC markets in the future.

Due to the nature of our products, we do not accept returns, exchanges or refunds for change of mind after delivery.

If your order arrives damaged, defective, incomplete or incorrect, please contact us so we can assist you in accordance with our Returns & Refunds Policy and applicable UAE consumer rights.

Please make sure you select the correct age range and language before placing your order.

Please contact us as soon as possible with your order number, a brief description of the issue and clear photographs of the product and packaging.

Our team will review the issue and help arrange the appropriate solution.

Yes. We welcome enquiries from clinics, therapists, schools and other relevant organisations interested in using, recommending or stocking MAKDA products.

For professional, partnership or wholesale enquiries, please contact us at k.h@makdastore.com.

Yes. MAKDA works with selected clinics, professionals and retailers through wholesale and partnership opportunities.

Please contact us at k.h@makdastore.com with a little information about your organisation and what you're interested in, and we'll get back to you.

Join the MAKDA Community through our newsletter or follow us on social media.

We'll share new products, practical resources, emotional wellbeing tips and updates as MAKDA continues to grow.