"Mohammed bin Rashid International" continues its initiatives to support societies and individuals globally
Hamdan bin Mohammed: Mohammed bin Rashid, taking humanitarian work to new heights
The UAE has established itself in the region as a center for creating hope and spreading the culture of benevolence. WAM
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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 mankind,” pointing out His Highness Until "Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's global initiatives were 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 Day of Humanitarian Action, in exceptional circumstances dictated by the "Covid-19" pandemic and its massive repercussions, which 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 move 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 throughout the world, indicating that His Highness said: “In 2019, the Foundation spent 1.3 One billion dirhams 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 prosperous.
The Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Secretary General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation, Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, 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 Abdullah Initiatives Foundation continues Rashid Al Maktoum International, the march of innovation in humanitarian and charitable work, launching new initiatives, extending a hand to the needy without discrimination, and establishing meaningful and fruitful partnerships with international humanitarian organizations, as it institutionalizes humanitarian work and establishes its added value in the face of current and future crises.
He added that «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 world».
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 action system at the level of response to the massive global challenge imposed by the pandemic on economies and societies And health and educational systems, work patterns 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, education and knowledge dissemination, and innovation The future, leadership, 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 and speed, and its impact to mitigate the repercussions of the virus, which was declared by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic in March 11, 2020.
As the countries of the world began to close their borders, their airspace and their 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 to handle more than 493 shipments that transported between March and August 2020 more than 5.8 million tons of medical supplies. Food supplies to more than 197 countries around the world, through a number of the most prominent global institutions 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 City the fastest respondent in the world during the second quarter of this year between March and June 2020, with the outbreak of the epidemic and the declaration of a pandemic.
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 that focuses on prevalent disease research and medical research on the "Covid-19" epidemic. . On the scientific and research levels, Al Jalila Foundation has also devoted 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 until July 2020.
And within the axis of spreading education and knowledge, Dubai Cares joined the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives for the "Global Education Alliance for Responding to the Covid-19" epidemic, launched by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), with the aim of bringing together international organizations and institutions The private sector 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 "GIGA" global joint initiative 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.
Dubai Cares, in partnership with the UAE Ministry of Education, launched the 'Education Without Interruption' campaign, to collect financial and in-kind contributions and donations locally to support 40,000 students from children and youth from needy families to purchase computers or tablets, to enable them to join their peers in Distance learning securely from their homes.
In addition, the Madrasa platform, the largest open educational electronic platform of its kind for digital educational content in the Arabic language, and which is part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, launched the "Be aware" awareness campaign, in cooperation with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Organization. For education, science and culture «UNESCO» and the Organization of the Islamic World for Education, Science and Culture (ISESCO), to educate millions of children in the Arab world in a healthy way.
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: public health promotion, prevention of the "Covid-19" virus, and the strengthening of psychological, emotional and social support. And the promotion of distance learning options, in order to facilitate the delivery of educational, awareness-raising and emotional and psychological supportive messages to children in the age group of five to 15 years old.
Also within the axis of humanitarian aid and relief, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establishment has implemented a comprehensive program package; External and local, to support efforts to combat "Covid-19", at 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, and Thailand. , Jordan, and Uganda.
In furtherance of the principle of innovation in humanitarian work, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation has partnered with Burj Khalifa, the longest human-made building on the planet, to launch the “Longest Donation Fund in the World” initiative, in support of the “10 Million Meals” campaign.
Crown Prince of Dubai:
• “Mohammed bin Rashid’s global initiatives are a locomotive for the renewal of Arab humanitarian work”.
• “Humanitarian work in the UAE is the largest investment of its kind in making positive change.”
1.3 billion dirhams spending in 2019
According to the annual report of 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 million people in 108 countries. Around the world, while working on the implementation of relief and humanitarian programs and charitable and educational initiatives, the Foundation's employees numbered 574 within the administrative, technical and field staff, and more than 124,000 volunteers.