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To inspire and encourage active participation in humanitarian and charity work, MBRGI presented awards and prizes with a total
value of AED 25.1 million
during 2023, compared to AED 18.4 million in 2022.
MBRGI operates over 30 institutions and initiatives that implement its programmes across five key pillars: Humanitarian Aid & Relief,
Healthcare & Disease Control, Spreading Education & Knowledge, Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Empowering Communities.
In 2023, MBRGI’s efforts under the pillar of Humanitarian Aid & Relief reached around 34.4 million people, up 4.2 million people from
the number of beneficiaries in 2022. Spending under this pillar amounted to around AED 1.1 billion, up AED 190 million compared to
2022.
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.
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.
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
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