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4/3/24, 8:54 AM Sheikh Mohammed chairs MBRGI Board of Trustees meeting, announces results of its Year in Review 2023 report – The Gulf Time …
millions of people, helping them build a better future, and further establish the UAE’s humanitarian role.”
“During 2023, MBRGI managed to reach 111 million people in 105 countries, helped meet their needs and

aspirations by expanding its sustainable projects and increasing spending, which grew by AED 400 million
compared to 2022 across its five pillars,” he added, commending the efforts of MBRGI staff and more than
160,000 volunteers.

The ceremony included highlights of MBRGI key projects and inspiring stories of beneficiaries around the
world, and presented a summary of the Mothers’ Endowment campaign which aims to honour mothers by

establishing a AED 1 billion endowment fund to sustainably support the education of millions around the
world.
During the ceremony, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum bestowed the “Mohammed

bin Rashid Al Maktoum Medal for Philanthropy” to major contributors to humanitarian efforts and charity
campaigns, in acknowledgment for their generosity, including their significant contributions to the Mothers’
Endowment campaign. Personalities honoured with this medal included P.N.C Menon, Founder and

Chairman of Sobha Realty; Naresh Bhawnani, Founder and President of West Zone Group; Mirwais Azizi,
Founder and Chairman of Azizi Developments and Abdul Rahim Mohammed Belghozooz Al Zarooni,

Founder and Chairman of Al Zarooni Group of companies.
H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum also honoured a group of major contributors
to, and partners of the Mothers’ Endowment campaign including Staff Major General Pilot Faris Khalaf Al

Mazrouei, Abu Dhabi Police Commander-in-Chief; Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the
Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai (RTA); Dr. Mahdi Al Fardan, Vice

Chairman of Alfardan Group; Saeed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water
Authority (DEWA); Abdullah Al Basti, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establishment (MBRHC); Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim,

Chairman Board of Trustees of the Saeed Ahmed Lootah Charity Foundation; Yahya Saeed Lootah, Vice
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Saeed Ahmed Lootah Charity Foundation; Sultan Ahmed bin

Sulayem, Chairman and CEO of DP World; Huda Al Rostamani; Board Member and Director at AW
Rostamani Group; Rizwan Sajan, Founder and Chairman of Danube Group; Siddharth Balachandran,
Executive Chairman and CEO of Buimerc Corporation; Atif Rahman, Founder and Chairman of ORO24 Real

Estate Developments; Gheyath Mohammad Gheyath, Founder and Chairman of GINCO Group; Mohamed
Ali Al Ansari, Chairman of Al Ansari Exchange, Dr. Abdulkader Sankari, Founder of Abdulkader Al Sankari

and Sons Group, Renuka Jagtiani, Chairwoman of Landmark Group; Farid Al Mulla; CEO of Emirates
Islamic Bank; Yasser Sharaf, Vice President of Sharaf Group; Dr. Mohammed Suhail, CEO and Managing
Director of Dar Al Ber Society; Fahad Al Hassawi, CEO of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications

Company (du); Masood Sharif, CEO of etisalat by e&; Jawaan Awaidha Suhail Awaidha Al Khaili, Chairman
of Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank; Obaid Maimani, Deputy Chairman of Al Waseef Group; Hazem Al Hamed, CEO

of Al Saqer Property Management; and Abdullah Al Mannai, Chairman and Managing Director of Emirates
Auction.
MBRGI’s Year in Review report reflects the humanitarian, developmental and social feats accomplished by a

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