Emirates Red Crescent starts first phase of COVID vaccination programme for refugees, displaced people in Jordan, Iraq
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ABU DHABI, 15th May, 2021 (WAM) The Emirates Red Crescent has launched the first phase of a vaccination programme for tens of thousands of refugees and displaced persons in Jordan and Iraq as part of the medical assistance provided by the UAE s primary humanitarian arm to help the two nations confront the COVID-19 pandemic and to speed up the recovery drive.
This is in implementation of the directives of H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), the Honorary Chairwoman of the ERC, under the follow-up of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler s Representative in Al Dhafra Region, (Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent).
83 million people worldwide benefited from Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives’ AED1.2 billion humanitarian, social projects in 2020
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DUBAI, 3rd May, 2021 (WAM) More than 83 million people in 82 countries benefited from Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives’ (MBRGI) humanitarian and social projects in 2020, the foundation’s annual report has revealed.
Amid the outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, MBRGI, the region’s largest philanthropic foundation, carried out AED1.2 billion worth of humanitarian, social and developmental projects to aid the vulnerable and empower disadvantaged communities in the face of the biggest health crisis of the century.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced the Year in Review 2020 in a special event, held at The Union House in Dubai, to highlight the far-reaching influence of MBRGI’s initiatives and activities during 2020.
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives partners with UN World Food Programme, to support beneficiaries in Palestine, refugees in Jordan, Bangladesh
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DUBAI, 29th April, 2021 (WAM) Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) today signed an MoU with the United Nations’ World Food Programme to provide direct food support to beneficiaries in Palestine and in refugee camps in Jordan, and Bangladesh .
The MoU officiates the strategic partnership between both entities on the 100 Million Meals campaign, the first humanitarian campaign of its kind in the Arab world to provide food parcels for disadvantaged individuals and families across 30 countries in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America, during the Holy Month of Ramadan.
2021-04-09 15:30:45 GMT2021-04-09 23:30:45(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Marwa Yahya
CAIRO, April 9 (Xinhua) The fair is very good as providing all the commodities I need with the best prices in the market, Mohamed Zaher, a 39-year-old car technician said while touring Ahlan Ramadan 2021 fair branch in Giza province south of the capital Cairo.
The Egyptian government organized the fair to provide basic commodities at affordable prices for all citizens ahead of the holy month of Ramadan. I bought traditional nuts and dried fruits, beef, rice, oil and other foodstuffs, Zaher told Xinhua.
During Ramadan, which starts on April 13 this year, Muslims usually abstain from eating, drinking, and smoking from sunrise to sunset. To prepare for the month, Egyptians flock to the markets to stock up food and buy different kinds of sweets, candies and soft drinks.
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