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4/3/24, 8:53 AM Mohammed bin Rashid chairs MBRGI Board of Trustees meeting, announces results of its Year in Review 2023 report
In collaboration with regional and international organisations, MBRGI launched several
initiatives and campaigns around the world, with a focus on underserved communities

facing the challenging realities of poverty, natural disasters and conflicts.

Campaigns and initiatives launched under this pillar included the ‘1 Billion Meals
Endowment’ campaign, which aimed to establish the largest sustainable food endowment

fund that would help eliminate hunger in line with Sustainable Development Goals. A

massive success, the campaign raised a record AED 1.075 billion from 180,000
contributors, including His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s

personal contribution of real estate assets and monetary donations worth AED 250 million.

Other initiatives included “Bridges of Goodness” campaign to provide and relief to victims

of the Syria and Türkiye earthquake, emergency aid to Sudanese displaced populations

who forcibly left their homes due to conflict in Sudan, as well as emergency aid worth AED
50 million to Palestinians in Gaza who face sever humanitarian challenges.

In 2023, the International Humanitarian City (IHC) celebrated two decades of proactive
humanitarian work since its establishment. Over 746 metric tonnes of aid were dispatched

by IHC in 2023, benefiting over 1.5 million people affected by wars and natural disasters.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establishment, UAE Food
Bank, UAE Water Aid Foundation (Suqia) and the Mohammed bin Rashid Global Centre

for Endowment Consultancy continued to support and contribute to MBRGI humanitarian

efforts around the world in projects that focused on aid, food donations, clean water
provision and other humanitarian services throughout 2023.

Healthcare & Disease Control

A key pillar of MBRGI efforts, Healthcare and Disease Control projects focus on containing
health problems, fighting infectious diseases and epidemics and alleviating the suffering

across underprivileged communities.

During 2023, MBRGI helped 9.4 million people who benefited from projects under this
pillar, with spending growing to AED 209 million, up AED 166.5 from 2022 spending.

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