Hamdan bin Mohammed: Humanitarian work in the Emirates is the largest and largest investment of its kind

 His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation, affirmed that “humanitarian work in the UAE is the largest and largest investment of its kind in making positive change and advancing the reality of humanity,” pointing out that His Highness Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's global initiatives have been able to establish themselves as a locomotive for the renewal of Arab humanitarian work, thanks to the vision of its sponsor and founder.

This came on the occasion of the UAE’s celebration of the International Humanitarian Day, in exceptional circumstances dictated by the Covid-19 pandemic and its tremendous repercussions that have produced a global health crisis that has produced unprecedented economic, social and humanitarian challenges in various parts of the world.

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum added: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was able to take humanitarian work to new horizons in order to create a better reality.

His Highness stated that the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation has established itself regionally and internationally through more than 30 initiatives, institutions and hundreds of programs and projects that affect the lives of tens of millions of people annually all over the world, noting that His Highness said: In 2019, the Foundation spent 1.3 billion AED within its development, humanitarian, knowledge, empowerment and relief initiatives, which have benefited more than 71 million people in 108 countries .. This is evidence that our industry is profitable and thriving.

/ Humanitarian solidarity / In this regard, His Excellency Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Secretary-General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation said: With the world’s celebration of the International Humanitarian Day in exceptional circumstances this year imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the new challenges that accompanied it , The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation continues the march of innovation in humanitarian and charitable work, launching new initiatives, extending a helping hand to the needy without discrimination, and establishing meaningful and fruitful partnerships with international humanitarian organizations, as it institutionalizes humanitarian work and consolidates its added value in the face of current and future crises.

His Excellency mentioned that the presence of the Foundation's initiatives, projects and staff on the ground in various fields of humanitarian work since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic formed a support for many vulnerable societies that were in dire need of help in many regions of the world, provided support for the first lines of defense, and represented a practical embodiment of the message His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

His Excellency said: The UAE has established its position in the region as a center for making hope and spreading the culture of goodness and giving through its institutions, projects and humanitarian programs that extend its activities to various parts of the globe.

/ Local, regional and international response / The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation, the largest in the region in the field of humanitarian, relief and community work, with its relief programs and logistical operations to address the emerging Corona virus epidemic crisis, is a key player in the international humanitarian system at the level of response to the enormous global challenge that The pandemic has imposed on economies, societies, health and educational systems, patterns of work and business sectors.

With the impact of the pandemic on various aspects of daily life in the four regions of the world, the efforts and initiatives of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation have diversified to complement each other through five basic axes: humanitarian and relief aid, health care and disease control, spreading education and knowledge, and innovating the future. Entrepreneurship, and empowering societies.

The various projects, programs and campaigns implemented by the various institutions and initiatives under the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation in the field of humanitarian work recorded a local, regional and international response, a remarkable achievement in its size, speed and impact to mitigate the repercussions of the virus, which was declared by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic in March 11, 2020.

/ A global humanitarian station / As the countries of the world began to close their borders, airspace and cities, respectively, the International City for Humanitarian Services, which was inaugurated in 2003, opened its relief warehouses and warehouses spread over an area of ​​130,000 square meters for more than 493 shipments transported between March and August 2020 more than 5.8 Millions of tons of medical supplies and foodstuffs to more than 197 countries around the world through a number of the most prominent global institutions that are based in the city, such as the World Health Organization, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and the United Nations Depot for Humanitarian Response; This made the International Humanitarian Services City the fastest respondent in the world during the second quarter of this year between the months of March and June 2020 with the outbreak of the epidemic and its declaration as a pandemic, as it contributed to the transfer, storage and shipment of 85% of the volume of global aid that enabled half a million people from medical staff and lines The first defense around the world to respond to the pandemic during this period.

/ Mohammed bin Rashid Center for Medical Research / Within the axis of health care and disease control, the Al Jalila Foundation affiliated with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation launched the Mohammed bin Rashid Center for Medical Research, in August 2020, to be an advanced scientific facility focused on prevalent disease research and research. Covid-19 medicine.

/ Research grants / On the scientific and research level, Al Jalila Foundation has also allocated a program to develop the capabilities of treating epidemic diseases such as the Covid-19 pandemic, and the international grant cycle was opened from May 2020 to July 2020, in order to develop the capabilities of the UAE and its researchers to treat epidemic viral diseases in the future. Like COVID-19, by allowing researchers to pursue graduate programs in virology, genetics, genomics, nanotechnology, stem cells, immunology, and data science in biomedicine.

The Al Jalila Foundation has made the advanced facilities and modern resources available at the Mohammed bin Rashid Center for Medical Research within the reach of researchers in the fields of pathology, diagnosis, epidemiology, transmission, public health, genetics, treatments and prevention, while providing biomedical scientists with half a million dirhams for research. A scientific and medical process that extends up to two years.

/ Education Alliance / Within the axis of spreading education and knowledge, Dubai Cares joined the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives as part of the “Global Education Alliance for Responding to the Covid-19 Epidemic”, which was launched by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with the aim of bringing together international organizations And private sector institutions and civil society to provide urgent consultations in the fields of educational content, technology and education during the provision of digital and distance learning solutions, in light of the educational challenges that have arisen due to the emerging corona virus pandemic.

Dubai Cares also supported the global joint initiative "GIGA" that brings together the United Nations Children's Fund / UNICEF and the International Telecommunication Union, and is part of the Generation Unlimited Global initiative to connect the school to the Internet and enable children and youth to obtain information, opportunities and options by taking advantage of technology and its applications.

/ "An Inspiring Humanity" initiative / Dubai Cares recently participated in the world's largest canvas art initiative by the world-renowned artist Sasha Jefri in cooperation with Atlantis Dubai, and with public sector partners in the UAE, including the Ministry of Education and the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing Dubai ... The initiative, entitled "An Inspiring Humanity", aims to raise more than 110 million dirhams and support Dubai Cares and its partners, from the United Nations Children's Fund / UNICEF / and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization / UNESCO /, to launch a global initiative that expands the scope of digital communication with the aim of Continuing the educational process and providing access to distance learning for different children and youth around the world.

/ Education without interruption / Dubai Cares, in partnership with the Ministry of Education in the United Arab Emirates, launched the "Education Without Interruption" campaign, to collect financial and in-kind contributions and donations locally to support 40,000 children and youth from needy families to purchase computers or tablets, to enable them to Join peers in distance learning securely from their homes.

/ Child awareness / In addition, the Madrasa platform, the largest open educational electronic platform of its kind for digital educational content in the Arabic language and affiliated with Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, launched the "Be aware" awareness campaign, in cooperation with the United Nations Children's Fund "UNICEF", The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization "UNESCO" and the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization "ISESCO", to educate millions of children in the Arab world in health, support them psychologically and mentally, and support them, their teachers and their families to adapt to the repercussions and exceptional measures resulting from the Covid-19 epidemic in the Arab region and the world .

The campaign presented educational videos prepared by the experts of the Madrasa platform in cooperation with specialists from "UNICEF", "UNESCO" and "ISESCO" and covered three main axes: promoting public health and preventing Covid-19 virus, strengthening psychological, emotional and social support, and enhancing learning options about A dimension, in order to facilitate the delivery of educational, awareness-raising, and emotionally and psychologically supportive messages to children within the age group of five to 15 years old.

/ Trusted source / The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization "UNESCO" had recommended, with the start of the global outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic, the school platform as a reliable source of quality educational content in the Arabic language, which it provides free of charge to the reach of more than 50 million students and teachers in the Arab world, As the platform meets the requirements of distance learning, in light of many world governments taking precautionary measures by temporarily closing schools and universities to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus / Covid-19 /.

/ Schools in 1,000 villages / With the onset of the health crisis of the Covid-19 epidemic, a school platform project in 1,000 remote villages, in cooperation with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), provided tablets to support distance learning efforts in two Syrian refugee camps in Jordan, in The framework of the project is to provide tablets with all the lessons of the Madrasa e-learning platform without the need for the Internet, in order to achieve the principle of continuity and comprehensiveness of education .. To date, the project has covered many remote areas in Jordan, Tunisia, Mauritania and Senegal.

/ In-kind aid / Also within the axis of humanitarian aid and relief, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establishment has implemented a comprehensive package of programs; External and local, to support efforts to combat Covid-19, with an amount of 63 million dirhams, which included in-kind assistance of beds, supplies and medical equipment to support hospitals and health centers, providing computers, and distributing food baskets to the needy to more than 5,800 families in Tajikistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Thailand and Jordan , Uganda.

At the local level, the Foundation has provided 52 respirators to support the efforts of the Control and Control Center to combat Covid-19 of the Crisis and Disaster Management, in addition to providing medical supplies through the Community Solidarity Fund to combat Covid-19 to support the first line of defense in facing the global pandemic.

/ 10 Million Meals Campaign / The Foundation also participated in a set of support programs that included helping emergency cases, the Ramadan event, and providing ready meals. It participated in the implementation of the "10 million meals" campaign, the largest community initiative of its kind in the Emirates to provide meals or the equivalent. Of food and supplies parcels to help and support those affected by the repercussions of Covid-19 during the holy month of Ramadan.

The "10 million meals" campaign, which was supervised by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation in cooperation with the "Community Solidarity Fund against Covid-19", was formed and implemented by the Emirates Food Bank, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation and Watering the Emirates. More than 1000 volunteers participated in a comprehensive community movement to provide support, with its results exceeding the goals set for the campaign, which achieved 15.3 million meals within less than a month of its launch, in which more than 100,000 participants from 115 nationalities contributed, with total contributions exceeding 122.4 million dirhams.

/ Watering water / In parallel, the contributions allocated to initiatives dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic by the Emirates Suqia Foundation, as part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, exceeded 13 million dirhams, distributed between the support for the "10 million meals" campaign, an amount of 5.9 million dirhams The provision of water to treatment centers and field hospitals for Covid-19 patients, at a value of 3.9 million dirhams, and the Ramadan Watering Program, which it launched in the holy month, to support the needy, at about 3 million dirhams.

/ The longest donation fund / To enhance the principle of innovation in humanitarian work, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation has partnered with "Burj Khalifa"; The tallest man-made urban monument on the planet, to launch the "Longest Donation Fund in the World" initiative, in support of the "10 million meals" campaign .. The initiative allowed individual donors, companies, institutions and philanthropists to donate in the form of bright spots that shine on the façade of the tallest building in the world with Each donation of 10 dirhams via the initiative's website.

The initiative "The Longest Donation Fund in the World" achieved 1.2 million bright spots, which lit the Burj Khalifa with the equivalent number of lights on its façade, making the tower, which is one of the most famous landmarks of the urban horizon in the UAE and the world, a global beacon of hope, embodying the efforts of humanitarian work that cross borders and cultures To overcome the repercussions of the pandemic that affected the countries of the world.

/ Business Report 2019 / According to the annual report on the work of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation issued last May, the total volume of the Foundation’s spending on its various initiatives, projects and programs during the year 2019 within its five axes of work amounted to more than 1.3 billion dirhams, benefiting about 71 One million people in 108 countries around the world, while the foundation’s employees worked on implementing the relief and humanitarian programs and charitable and educational initiatives. The number of 574 employees within the administrative, technical and field staff, and more than 124 thousand volunteers.

/ Humanitarian and Relief Aid / Within the axis of humanitarian aid and relief, the Foundation succeeded during the year 2019 in reaching 17 million people, while the volume of spending on initiatives within this axis reached 262 million dirhams for programs implemented by the International Humanitarian City, the Emirates Food Bank, and the Mohammed Bin Foundation Rashid Al Maktoum for Charitable and Humanitarian Works, the Emirates Suqia Foundation, and the Mohammed bin Rashid International Center for Endowment and Endowment Consulting.

/ Health Care and Disease Control / In the axis of health care and disease control, last year the Foundation succeeded in reaching 7.5 million people, while the volume of spending on initiatives in it reached 118 million dirhams, through projects implemented by the Noor Dubai Foundation and the Al Jalila Foundation.

/ Spreading education and knowledge / With regard to the axis of spreading education and knowledge, during the year 2019 the Foundation succeeded in reaching 45 million people, and the volume of spending on initiatives in this axis reached 335 million dirhams, in initiatives implemented by each of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, The Dubai Cares Foundation, the Arab Reading Challenge, the E-School platform, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Library, and the Mohammed bin Rashid Award for Arabic Language.

/ Future innovation and leadership / In the axis of future innovation and leadership, the Foundation succeeded last year in reaching 744,000 people, and the volume of spending on initiatives within this axis reached 386 million dirhams, as this axis includes the Museum of the Future, the award of one million Arab programmers, and the Mohammed bin Rashid Foundation for Enterprise Development And the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award, and the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Prize.

/ Empowering communities / and within the axis of empowering communities / within the axis of empowering societies, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation succeeded during the year 2019 in reaching 510,000 people, and the volume of spending on initiatives within this axis reached 181 million dirhams through the institutions of the Mohammed bin Rashid College of Government and Sheikh Mohammed Center Bin Rashid Al Maktoum for Cultural Communication, the International Institute for Tolerance, the Arab Media Forum, the Arab Journalism Award, the Arab Social Media Pioneer Summit and Prize, the Dubai International Sports Conference, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Sports Innovation Award, the Real Madrid Sports Academies, the Arab Strategic Forum, the Center Mohammed bin Rashid for Leadership Development, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Prize for Arts, Middle East Dialogue, and the Hope Makers Initiative.

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