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Press Release

UAE Food Bank and Taya Art Production launch ‘Cook of Thousand

Meals’ initiative, distributing over 20 thousand meals during holy

month of Ramadan

Dubai, UAE, March 29, 2024

The UAE Food Bank, an initiative under the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Global Initiatives Foundation, in partnership with Taya Art Production, launched the

‘Cook of Thousand Meals’ initiative, under which 20 thousand meals were prepared

and distributed for Iftar and Suhoor. The program was carried out in Hatta and
Za’beel in Dubai, during which over 30 volunteers contributed to the preparing,

cooking, and packaging stages. This initiative comes in line with the Bank’s objective

of providing 5 million meals to beneficiaries during the holy month of Ramadan.

The program’s objective is to unite Emirati chefs and residents to collaborate in

preparing and donating meals to the Bank. This initiative aims to foster a sense of

community responsibility and cooperation, emphasizing the importance of

preserving food from waste and distributing it to beneficiaries. Additionally, the

program seeks to cultivate a consumer culture aligned with the developmental and

constructive vision of the Bank.

Manal Bin Yaroof, Head of the Executive Team of the UAE Food Bank, affirmed the

Bank’s commitment to advancing the objectives of its largest national community