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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.



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