Cash donations continue to flow into the campaign

"100 million meals" achieve 100% of its targets 10 days after its launch

• Charitable work has turned into a comprehensive community culture in the Emirates.

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• Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Secretary General of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gergawi.

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The 100 million meals campaign, the largest campaign in the region to feed food during the holy month of Ramadan in 30 countries in the continents of Africa, Asia, Europe and South America, has succeeded in collecting 100 million dirhams from the donations of philanthropists, individuals and institutions from inside and outside the UAE, equivalent to 100 million meals, and that 10 days after its launch, achieving its goal in a third of the prescribed time period.

Despite fully achieving its goals of providing 100 million meals to the needy and the target groups in the countries it covers, the campaign continues to enable philanthropists, philanthropists and white-handsome businessmen, companies, institutions, and community members to reach their donations and cash contributions to wider humanitarian, relief and geographic horizons around the world without discrimination. .

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, announced two days before the beginning of the blessed month of Ramadan, the launch of the campaign under the umbrella of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, with the aim of empowering philanthropists and philanthropists from individuals, institutions and companies within the state. The UAE and abroad from donating to provide food support to the needy and lower-income groups in 30 countries, in cooperation with the United Nations World Food Program, the regional network of food banks, and the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation affiliated with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, In addition to a number of charitable and relief organizations and societies in the countries covered by the campaign in the four continents, so that storable food parcels are delivered to the beneficiaries of individuals and families directly to their places of residence or locations through the campaign partners from food banks and local civil society organizations.

The Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Secretary General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, affirmed that the success of the campaign in achieving its goal and collecting 100 million dirhams 10 days after its launch translates the human values ​​of the UAE community with its groups and institutions into giving, compassion and human solidarity, and contributing The actors in supporting charitable work initiatives launched and implemented by the state to support needy people around the world.

He said that the desire of philanthropists and philanthropists from individuals, companies and institutions to contribute to the campaign that translates the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in institutionalizing charitable and humanitarian work, confirms the transformation of organized, systematic and sustainable charitable work into a comprehensive community culture in the UAE, adding that «the campaign Continuing until Ramadan 20 ».

He pointed out that the 100 million meals campaign registered 185,000 donors and contributors to the campaign, indicating that 12 food banks, UAE charities and the World Food Program are partners in the distribution in 30 countries.

He added that the contributors, with their cash donations to the campaign, formed a safety net to provide aid and relief and provide food support to the least able groups in the countries covered by the campaign, after the campaign succeeded in expanding its scope to broader geographical horizons, which enabled philanthropic individuals and institutions to reach their donations with their donations. I welcome humanitarian and relief spaces.

He added that the campaign has not only succeeded in achieving its goal, but rather managed with the creation of wide community interaction, and produced a charitable and relief movement in solidarity with its noble humanitarian goals, which establishes the status of charitable work in the UAE as a culture of a people who practices it in their daily life.

He pointed out that the campaign, in light of the success it achieved in the 10 days of its launch and coinciding with the expansion of its geographical scope to include 30 countries on four continents, contributes to cementing the UAE's position at the forefront of the world's most generous and benevolent countries.

Al-Gergawi appreciated the turnout of donors, including individuals, businessmen, companies, commercial groups, the business community, government and private institutions, economic and charitable activities, and community and humanitarian work bodies from inside and outside the country to contribute to the campaign, stressing that the turnout reflects the spirit of brotherhood and solidarity of the UAE in the face of the humanitarian challenges of hunger and malnutrition. The genuine humanitarian metal for the leadership of the state, its citizens and residents, in providing relief and support to the peoples of the world.

Good Auctions

The 100 Million Meals campaign coincides with the organization of a series of charity auctions, the proceeds of which will provide food parcels to the beneficiaries of the campaign in 30 countries. The 100 Million Meals Campaign, in cooperation with Mobi International, is organizing a publicly charitable art auction on Saturday April 24, 2021 in Dubai, displaying rare artworks by prominent artists, celebrities, sports stars and personal collections of world leaders topped by a piece of the honorable Kaaba cladding presented by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, as well as works by the late African leader Nelson Mandela, artists Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Henry Matisse and Juan Miro.

The auction will witness the participation of international stars and artists, such as Will Smith, and Sasha Jefri, the owner of the largest painting on canvas in the world recorded by the Guinness Book of Records, after it was completed by Jefri over a period of seven months in Dubai.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives is holding a silent auction of 53 paintings and rare art pieces and exclusive experiences via the website for an auction of 100 million meals from 19 to 30 April 2021, with proceeds also going to the 100 million meals campaign.

outcome

Over the 10 days since the launch of the 100 Million Meals Campaign, the campaign has received cash contributions through the four donation channels from 185,000 institutional and individual donors inside and outside the UAE, and the total value of donations reached 100 million dirhams, equivalent to 100 million meals.

The campaign website, SMS and the Dubai payment portal received contributions of 11 million dirhams.

As for direct bank transfers to the campaign’s bank account, they amounted to the equivalent of 40 million dirhams.

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charitable Establishment and Dar Al Ber came on top of the list of the most prominent institutions that contributed to supporting the campaign of 100 million meals, each of which provided 20 million dirhams, equivalent to 20 million meals.

Donations continue

Cash donations continue to flow to the campaign of 100 million meals from the benefactors of various groups through the four channels of receiving contributions, which include the website www.100millionmeals.ae, and the bank transfer to the campaign account at Dubai Islamic Bank, which is: «AE08 0240 0015 2097 7815 201» Or through SMS text messages through du and Etisalat networks. The campaign also allows you to donate by contacting the campaign team directly at the call center at the toll-free number 8004999 or email info@100MillionMeals.ae.

Distribution of food parcels

In conjunction with its success in achieving a comprehensive community movement in which individuals and institutions were keen to contribute and donate in support of the campaign that feeds food to the needy in 30 countries, the 100 million meals campaign had already started the distribution of food parcels to the target groups of low-income and lower-income families, orphans, widows, refugees and residents. The camps, in cooperation with the campaign's global, regional and local partners.

The campaign is also coordinating with the "World Food Program" to distribute 20% of food parcels in refugee and displacement camps in Palestine, Jordan and Bangladesh.

Mohammed Al-Gergawi:

• “The willingness of philanthropists and philanthropists to contribute expresses the mineral of the UAE society ... and the campaign will continue until the 20th of Ramadan.”

• “The success of the 100 Million Meals Campaign in achieving its goal translates the human values ​​of the UAE society with all its groups and institutions into giving and compassion.”

• «Contributors with their cash donations together formed a safety net to provide aid and relief to the least able groups in 30 countries around the world.

The campaign continues to enable philanthropists and philanthropists to reach, with their monetary donations and contributions, to wider geographical horizons.

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