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Our Achievements in 2024

AED 944 Million spent on Humanitarian Aid and Relief initiatives in 2024

37 Million beneficiaries of Humanitarian Aid and Relief initiatives in 2024

AED 800 Million allocated to the construction of One B Tower under the 1 Billion Meals Endowment

223 Million Meals distributed by the '1 Billion Meals' initiative across 27 countries in 2024

1255 Metric Tonnes of aid and relief materials transported and distributed with the support of Dubai Humanitarian

Humanitarian Aid and Relief

Humanitarian Aid and Relief is of exceptional importance to Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, reflecting its core mission as an overarching entity of humanitarian entities and initiatives that seek to improve lives and deploy necessary resources and capacities to alleviate all kinds of suffering across the world. The fundamental pillar aims to provide urgent aid and effective emergency relief to communities affected by natural disasters, wars and other crises, in addition to implementing sustainable long-term development projects and programmes that improve lives of communities facing challenges such as poverty and conflict.

Entities dedicated to Humanitarian Aid and Relief

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian & Charity Establishment

Since its inception in 1997, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian & Charity Establishment has worked to improve the quality of life in the UAE and around the world. It implements sustainable development and relief projects, with a special focus on initiatives that promote health, education and family empowerment, in addition to supporting infrastructure projects in many developing countries.

Dubai Humanitarian

Dubai Humanitarian, formerly known as the International Humanitarian City, established in 2003, is a global humanitarian hub based in Dubai, which hosts the United Nations agencies, non-profits and non-governmental organisations. Its mandate is to facilitate international aid operations using its transport and logistics capacity to enable aid agencies to provide swift and efficient emergency relief items to victims of crises. Dubai Humanitarian's strategic geographic location enables the humanitarian community to reach two-thirds of the world’s population within four to eight hours.

UAE Water Aid Foundation (Suqia)

The UAE Water Aid Foundation (Suqia) was established in 2015 to provide clean drinking water to underprivileged communities by drilling wells, distributing water pumps and purification equipment, and undertaking desalination projects. The Foundation also invests in research to address water scarcity. It has established the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award to recognise individuals and organisations with outstanding efforts to find sustainable and innovative solar-powered solutions for water scarcity.

Mohammed bin Rashid Global Centre for Endowment Consultancy

Launched in 2016 to help achieve Dubai Global Vision for Awqaf and Endowments, the Centre offers free consultancy services to individuals and regional and international organisations, with the aim of stimulating and empowering awqaf and endowments to respond to urgent social needs. It works with partners to define a clear legislative framework, identify urgent needs and encourage crowdfunding of awqaf and endowment projects.

UAE Food Bank

The UAE Food Bank was launched in January 2017 as the country’s first comprehensive humanitarian, social, economic and cultural ecosystem that aims to provide food support for disadvantaged communities in the UAE and abroad. The Bank collects surplus food from hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, farms and other food establishments, and distributes it to people in need, in coordination with a network of local and international charities.

1 Billion Meals Endowment

The ‘1 Billion Meals Endowment’ was launched in March 2023 as the largest food aid endowment project aiming to provide a food safety net for underprivileged populations, especially in countries struggling with food insecurity. The project also aims to implement sustainable measures and programs to fight and eradicate hunger within an institutional framework, thus representing a key milestone in the UAE’s humanitarian record.