The UAE has delivered a couple of billion meals to individuals in want as a part of a serious humanitarian venture.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, introduced the profitable completion of the humanitarian venture launched in Ramadan 2022 to offer one billion meals to these in want worldwide.
Sheikh Mohammed mentioned: “Three years in the past we launched a humanitarian venture geared toward distributing 1 billion meals to these in want globally. The venture has totally achieved its purpose this month, distributing one billion meals throughout 65 international locations.
UAE 1 Billion Meals venture
“A further 260 million meals might be distributed over the course of subsequent 12 months. We have now additionally established sustainable actual property endowments to make sure the continued provision of meals help within the years to come back.
“We thank God for the power to provide, for the prospect to fulfil our promise, and for the blessing of this good nation, whose kindness has touched the world.
“Could God shield the UAE and its individuals, and will they at all times be a logo of fine and generosity.”
The 1 Billion Meals initiative constructed upon the success of the earlier 10 Million Meals and 100 Million Meals campaigns launched in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
As the biggest meals help initiative of its form within the area, the 1 Billion Meals initiative goals to offer dietary assist to underprivileged people, households, girls, and kids, reflecting the UAE’s inclusive method to humanitarianism, which presents help and help to all communities with out discrimination.
To make sure its long-term affect and the continued distribution of meals worldwide, the 1 Billion Meals Endowment initiative was launched in 2023 as the biggest sustainable meals help endowment fund.
Mohammed Al Gergawi, Minister of Cupboard Affairs and Secretary-Basic of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Initiatives (MBRGI), acknowledged that the MBRGI, guided by the imaginative and prescient of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, mobilises sources and efforts to enhance meals safety in underserved communities.
He attributed the success of the 1 Billion Meals initiative to the numerous group engagement and beneficiant contributions from people and organisations throughout the UAE.
Al Gergawi highlighted the very important function of companions, together with UN companies and regional and native organisations, in implementing the initiative, enabling it to ship one billion meals by the top of July 2025, with plans to achieve the pledged complete of 1.26 billion meals by the top of 2026.
Al Gergawi mentioned: “We stay dedicated to strengthening our strategic partnerships domestically, regionally and globally to assist these most in want and create sustainable options to deal with meals challenges.
“The MBRGI’s dedication to eradicating starvation extends past offering meals; it encompasses empowering communities to develop complete methods to fight poverty and malnutrition.
“This aligns with the MBRGI’s imaginative and prescient for sustainable improvement and is being actively pursued by a variety of UN companies and regional and native companions.”
The 1 Billion Meals initiative partnered with UN organisations by two major avenues:
- Direct meals help by distributing meals parcels, meals, dietary supplements, good vouchers, and many others
- Sustainable initiatives empowering people and households to turn out to be self-sufficient. These embody empowering farmers and creating jobs in meals manufacturing and different related sectors
The 1 Billion Meals initiative recorded outstanding achievements in collaboration with a number of UN companions, together with the UN World Meals Programme (WFP) – the initiative’s largest companion within the direct meals help avenue by the distribution of meals parcels and good vouchers.
The UNHCR’s contribution to the initiative targeted on refugees and displaced communities by delivering meals parcels, vouchers, and sustainable initiatives.
The 1 Billion Meals initiative collaborated with the UN Belief Fund (UNITLIFE), which targeted on sustainable agriculture and ladies’s empowerment in meals manufacturing. It additionally collaborated with the Meals and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), which champions worldwide efforts to eradicate starvation.
The Meals Banking Regional Community, a key companion of the initiative beneath direct meals help, distributed meals parcels by native meals banks.
Life for Aid and Improvement helped present meals help to low-income households and people by the supply of meals parcels.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Institution is a strategic companion of the initiative, distributing meals parcels within the UAE and different international locations.
The Emirates Meals Financial institution targeted on supporting low-income households and people throughout the UAE.
MBRGI, the area’s largest organisation within the discipline of charity, humanitarian and help work, invested over AED2.2bn ($599m), impacting 149 million individuals throughout 118 international locations in 2024.
The affect encompassed MBRGI’s 5 pillars:
- Humanitarian Assist and Aid
- Healthcare and Illness Management
- Spreading Schooling and Data
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Empowering Communities
The Humanitarian Assist and Aid pillar encompasses emergency reduction throughout crises and disasters, in addition to sustainable improvement initiatives and providers.
Launched in 2015, MBRGI consolidated over 30 humanitarian and improvement initiatives and organisations supported by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for over 20 years.
Specializing in underserved communities and susceptible populations, the MBRGI goals to foster hope and tackle urgent world challenges, significantly in much less lucky areas.
It invests in human capital by empowering people, honing expertise, and constructing a certified workforce to drive improvement.
The MBRGI additionally prioritises bettering training, combating poverty and illness, and selling tolerance and coexistence.
