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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
Initiatives and accomplishments in this regard included Al Jalila Foundation’s launch of a
AED 50 million Children’s Fund, which aims to fund the treatment of 3,000 children

annually at the Al Jalila Children’s Hospital.

Other projects in 2023 included the AED 46 million Oud Metha
Residential Building Endowment, the proceeds of which will go to funding medical

education and research and advancing the UAE’s healthcare sector.

Nour Dubai continued to implemented its healthcare and awareness campaigns on eye
disease and blindness prevention during 2023, and helped provide treatment to 9.1 million

people suffering from Trachoma

Construction work at the Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Center continued in 2023, supported
by MBRGI’s Hope Makers initiative. The Center also saw the establishment of the Sheikha

Latifa bint Hamdan Unit for Cardiac Catheterisation Surgery, which will offer free treatment
to underprivileged patients from across the Arab world.

Spreading Education & Knowledge

Beneficiaries of projects and initiatives under the pillar of Spreading Education &

Knowledge increased by 7.1 million people compared to 2022, amounting to 62.2 million
people, while spending increased by AED 29 million to reach AED 242 million.

A major focus of MBRGI as a key human right, education plays a significant role in
improving quality of life, driving economic development and preparing future generations

to be capable of creating a better future.

Under this pillar, MBRGI’s Dubai Cares has successfully placed education on top of the
agenda for the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on

Climate Change (COP 28), during the second RewirED Summit which attracted key
officials and focused on turning education into a key element of sustainable development.

Striving to achieve the 4th goal of the UN Sustainable Development Goals for ‘Good

Education’, Dubai Cares continued to support innovative education, as well as technical
and vocational training programmes, with a special focus on the provision of education

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