"Mohammed bin Rashid Global Initiatives" signs an agreement with the "World Food Program" in New York

The "Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives", the largest humanitarian development organization of its kind in the region, signed an agreement with the United Nations World Food Program at the headquarters of the country's permanent mission to the United Nations in New York, with the aim of distributing 45 million meals provided by the Foundation in 7 countries around the world.

This cooperation comes as a continuation of the extended partnership between the "Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives" and the World Food Program, to achieve common humanitarian goals and to synergize the Foundation's field and logistical efforts with the operations of international organizations and cooperating regional institutions to address the hunger and malnutrition crisis, in a way that helps achieve the goal of addressing hunger. Within the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The agreement was signed - at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Director of the Office of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Sarah Al Nuaimi, and Assistant Executive Director of the World Food Program for Partnerships and Governance Otte Klamert, in the presence of Abdullah Lootah, Vice Chairman of the UAE National Committee for Sustainable Development Goals, and Director of the World Food Program Office In New York Coco Oshiyama.

Global partnerships.

Saeed Al-Attar, Assistant Secretary-General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives - td, stressed on this occasion that the strategic partnerships concluded by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives with international organizations affiliated with the United Nations and other UN institutions working in the development and humanitarian field enhance its efficiency and achieve sustainability. Its positive effects ensure concerted efforts between the various institutions active in it and support joint global action to confront challenges and crises, especially hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity.

He pointed out that the "Billion Meals" initiative cooperated with the World Food Program as a strategic partner to distribute its meals in the form of smart food vouchers and other means of food support in the various countries covered by the partnership, and the signing of an agreement in New York today with the global program contributes to expanding the circle of beneficiaries of the initiative to reach more comprehensive.

He added: "Qualitative initiatives are needed on the ground at a time when we are witnessing an exacerbation of the challenges of the hunger and malnutrition crisis around the world, especially in light of the repercussions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic on supply chains and the disruption of many other vital sectors, and in this context comes the cooperation of initiatives Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global with the United Nations organizations and international programs to consolidate the leading position of the UAE in the rapid and effective response to global challenges and relief to the needy without exception, delay or hesitation.

His Excellency said: "The partnership of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives with the World Food Program is an ongoing partnership, and this multi-year cooperation helps achieve the goal of addressing hunger within the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations for the year 2030."

- Fruitful cooperation.

For her part, Director of the World Food Program Office in New York, Koko Oshiyama, said: "The hunger and malnutrition crisis is a growing global challenge that affects more vulnerable groups such as children, displaced people and refugees, and initiatives that provide food support to those who need it most, such as the "Billion Meals" initiative, constitute a lifeline. for these categories.

She added: "We work in the World Food Program in many countries and regions around the world, and our cooperation with leading institutions in humanitarian and relief work, such as the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation, is a fruitful cooperation and constitutes qualitative support for efforts to provide a food safety net for those who cannot provide for their food needs. because of their difficult circumstances.

- Wider range.

Under the bilateral agreement, the World Food Program will distribute 45 million meals of the food support provided by the "Billion Meals" initiative organized by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives. The distribution operations include Bangladesh, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Burkina Faso, Guinea and Niger and reach the needy directly from Through smart food vouchers, food baskets or remittances received by beneficiaries covered by the initiative.

Hard reality.

Studies and statistics of the World Food Program of the United Nations on the challenge of hunger and food waste revealed that 9 million people die of hunger around the world annually, while the challenge of hunger, malnutrition and related diseases causes a child to lose his life every 10 seconds and 25 thousand people die every day, including 10,000 children. While 800 million people around the world go to bed hungry every day, 52 million people in the Middle East and North Africa suffer from some form of hunger or malnutrition, most of them are women and children.

A joint report entitled "Estimates of Child Malnutrition", issued in cooperation between the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization and the World Bank, revealed that 191 million children under the age of five were affected by developmental disabilities or wasting in 2019 alone due to hunger and malnutrition. nutrition.

Partners for Humanity.

The “One Billion Meals” initiative, the largest of its kind in the region, represents the values ​​of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, which aims to involve everyone in charitable and humanitarian work to provide food support and elements of food security for vulnerable groups of women, children, refugees, displaced persons, victims of disasters and crises, and societal segments. The vulnerable and the less fortunate among the needy, the poor and the hungry in the less fortunate communities, for whom these humanitarian campaigns and initiatives provide a ray of hope to protect their families from the dangers of starvation and malnutrition.

In this context, the efforts of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s global initiatives are complemented by the United Nations World Food Program and the Nobel Peace Prize winner, for stability and prosperity, and the achievement of the United Nations 2030 sustainable development goals, including the goal of eradicating hunger in the world.

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