UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has announced the annual results of the 2018 initiatives of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Foundation, the largest Arab and regional organization in the field of comprehensive and integrated humanitarian action. A total of 1.5 billion dirhams for all initiatives, programs, humanitarian, community, development, knowledge, cultural and empowerment projects, benefiting more than 70 million people in 8 6 countries.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum made the remarks during the annual ceremony held by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum at the Dubai Opera, where he launched the Foundation's annual business report and chaired the Board of Trustees meeting.

According to the annual report of the Foundation's work for 2018, the total expenditure on education and knowledge dissemination initiatives reached 628 million dirhams, benefiting more than 41 million people; health care and disease control expenditures totaled 312 million dirhams, benefiting 13.1 million While spending on humanitarian and relief assistance amounted to 271 million dirhams, benefiting 11.9 million people. The expenditure on innovation and entrepreneurship sector reached 131 million dirhams, benefiting 640,000 people from projects and programs. Community empowerment Amounting to 126 million dirhams of total expenditure, benefiting 3.2 million people.

"The UAE, under the leadership of my brother, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, continues its journey derived from Zayed's approach to establishing human philanthropy, and we believe that the more we give to the good of humanity, the greater our country," said HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Good and prosperous. "

"The UAE is a global capital for tolerance and human brotherhood, and it continues to help and help humanity without discrimination between race, color and religion," he said.

"The initiatives are our vision to try to push for a resumption of the cultural process in our Arab world," he said. "We seek to create new hope in our Arab world, improve people's lives, and deliver a message of good governance to the whole world." "Our goal is to create hope and build the future for people wherever they are, by meeting the needs of people and communities," he said.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed praised the results achieved by the Foundation in 2018 and benefited tens of millions of people around the world. He also praised the efforts exerted to achieve these results. "I thank my humanitarian team. I am proud of them, And also proud of the spirit of competition for good work among humanitarian institutions under the umbrella of initiatives ».

We have launched the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Initiatives to integrate and coordinate the humanitarian, developmental and social initiatives we have embraced over 20 years of our work, with the aim of maximizing its impact, maximizing its ambition and unifying it. Its objectives and vision commensurate with the challenges of the stage experienced by our Arab world and the world as a whole, and today confirm data and figures that we are moving in the right direction ».

HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, Vice President of the Board of Trustees, expressed his pride in the continued achievements of projects, programs and institutions under the umbrella of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International initiatives.

"Thanks to the visionary vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the achievements of the Foundation in 2018 demonstrate in figures and facts that investing in the industry of hope and improving people's lives is the best choice for a better future for humanity," he said.

HH Sheikh Mohammed added that "Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation's global initiative translates Mohammed bin Rashid's vision to build an institutional and sustainable framework for humanitarian, relief and community work in all its forms." The industry of hope and the culture of human philanthropy is an essential part of our culture and identity. Thought and practice. " His Highness concluded by saying: "The most beautiful and noble types of business that aim at making positive change in the world."

"The vision of Mohammed bin Rashid in humanitarian and charitable work is first and foremost that there is no value beyond human and human value, and that working for human happiness, human well-being and human well-being is the fundamental principle that must be fulfilled," said Mohammed Al-Gergawi, To build on it all our plans and development strategies to build a more prosperous and solid future for our countries. "

"Most of the projects, initiatives and programs under the umbrella of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's global initiatives are investing in vital sectors that are the core of human development in the forefront of improving education and health systems in the less fortunate communities in the region and the world. Projects and initiatives with sustainable impacts and measurable development indicators. "

He pointed to the important role played by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's global initiatives in investing in the hope industry, qualifying generations capable of addressing the challenges facing their societies, creating innovative solutions to pressing problems in their environments and contributing effectively and efficiently to advancing development in their societies.

According to the Business Report 2018, the total volume of the total expenditure of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Enterprises, through all its institutions and initiatives, reached 1.5 billion dirhams, covering various initiatives, projects and programs within the organization's axes and sectors, benefiting more than 70 million people in 86 State around the world.

The focus of humanitarian and relief assistance is a pillar of the Foundation's work through many initiatives, projects, programs, activities and events that embody the essence of the organization's mission to fight poverty, assist the needy and help the affected, stand by vulnerable and marginalized communities and seek to improve the quality of life in disadvantaged communities , Both through humanitarian and emergency relief assistance in the event of natural disasters, wars, conflicts and crises, or through sustainable development and development assistance and programs, within long-term plans, to contribute to building the future More stable and humane, without placing such assistance in any form of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color or religion.

Total expenditure on this axis in 2018 through several related initiatives, projects, programs and campaigns totaled AED 271 million, benefiting more than 11.9 million people around the world.

In addition to embracing sustainable initiatives and projects to combat diseases, supporting awareness programs, funding medical research and empowering health sector personnel, especially in areas under the control of health care and disease control, dozens of initiatives, programs and campaigns seek to provide urgent medical services in underserved communities. Poverty and poor access to basic treatment.

The Foundation attaches particular importance to this pivotal role in addressing health problems with long-term effects, such as communicable diseases and epidemics, which impede the movement of development in societies and erode human resources and waste capacity. Total expenditure on all initiatives, programs and health, treatment and preventive campaigns under this axis amounted to 312 million dirhams, benefiting 13.1 million people.

Education and knowledge dissemination is at the forefront of the institution's priorities, taking away the largest share of the total investment of the Foundation in its initiatives, programs and projects. The total expenditure for various educational, cultural and educational initiatives and projects in this sector reached 628 million dirhams, benefiting more than 41 million people, The Foundation recognizes the importance of education in preparing and empowering young generations, achieving sustainable human development and building strong knowledge economies that are qualified to meet the challenges of the future.

In this context, the Foundation, through its many initiatives and projects and through its affiliates, seeks to provide quality education to millions of children and youth in countries and societies that lack the most basic elements of access to the basic right to education by providing healthy and highly qualified school environments and facilitating access to To develop educational systems, especially in the Arab world, to raise the educational message and to work for the development and modernization of educational tools to keep abreast of developments, and to seek to disseminate knowledge and create awareness among young people of the importance of education and culture to break the cycle Poverty, overcoming economic and social constraints, and building a better life, reflecting the mission of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Initiatives to empower and stabilize communities.

The focus of innovation and leadership is of particular interest to Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum's global initiatives, especially in the race towards the future of the institution, which is highly efficient and competitive to achieve giant leaps in the economic, scientific, intellectual and community development process and to share the UAE's pioneering strategic planning experience with Other communities.

In this context, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's global initiatives are particularly focused on enhancing the spirit of leadership among young people by supporting innovators and innovators in the fields of government and business, supporting new projects and encouraging and embracing innovation as an instrument of future industry.

Total spending on innovation and leadership initiatives last year was AED 131 million, benefiting 640,000 people. The number of projects launched with the support of the Mohammed bin Rashid Establishment for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises reached 1175 projects with investments of 14 million dirhams, benefiting 4227 Emirati entrepreneurs. 47 people won prizes in support of innovation and entrepreneurship in 2018, Applicants to the initiative of one million Arab programmer 520 thousand people.

The Empowerment of Communities theme reflects the vision of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's global initiatives to strengthen the value system in society by strengthening the concept of solidarity, solidarity and cohesion, instilling a culture of hope, spreading positive and optimistic, fighting despair, rejecting extremism in all its forms, Providing appropriate support and guidance mechanisms, developing a responsible and responsible media discourse, and building interactive communication platforms that add value to the development of awareness and enrich the exchange of opinion.

Vice President of the State:

"We seek to create new hope in our Arab world and improve people's lives."

«Foundation represents our vision, to try to push towards the resumption of the march of civilization in the Arab world».

"The UAE is a global capital of tolerance and human brotherhood and continues to help humanity without discrimination."

Hamdan bin Mohammed:

«The most beautiful types of business and nobility, those that target the industry of positive change in the world».

"Making hope and improving people's lives is the best option for a better tomorrow for humanity."

The Heart of Mahayana

The Pulse Initiative conducted an operation for Mahayana, a child from Tajikistan who had congenital heart defects, and was co-chaired by Dr. Obaid Al-Jassem, Head of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Dubai Health Authority.

The operation took eight hours, including the anesthesia stage, after which Mahayna regained her normal life.

Mahaina said the operation was carried out two years ago, when she was five years old, thanking His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, whose humanitarian initiatives contributed to ending the disease and enabling it to recover its normal life.

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The amount of spending in the field of tender

UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum expressed his pride in the results achieved by the team and volunteers at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Initiatives Foundation during 2018. In a tweet on Twitter, "We are proud of 660 employees and more than 100,000 volunteers who have helped us change the lives of millions of people for the better in 2018 in 86 countries around the world."

The total expenditure in 2018 in philanthropy and humanitarian donations was 1.5 billion dirhams, benefiting 70 million people around the world, he said. He continued to strive for a new hope industry in the Arab world, improve people's lives, convey a message and establish a new culture of humanitarian work in our societies. .

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5 axes

Initiatives, programs, humanitarian and community projects and projects of the initiatives of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International, under five main themes: humanitarian and relief assistance, health care and disease control, and the dissemination of education and knowledge and innovation of the future and leadership and empowerment of communities.

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Initiative was established in 2015 to serve as an umbrella organization for all institutions and initiatives launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and has sponsored it for more than 20 years to coordinate and strengthen the various efforts and activate, Contributes to addressing the most important societal and developmental challenges locally, regionally and internationally, finding innovative solutions for them and contributing to the creation of a better reality for humanity in all walks of life.

312

Million spent on healthcare initiatives and disease control, benefiting 13.1 million people.

271

AED 1 million, aid spending and AED 131 million for future innovation initiatives.

126

Million, allocated to community empowerment initiatives, and beneficiaries 3.2 million people.