2.2 billion dirhams spending “Mohammed bin Rashid International Initiatives” 2024

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God bless him, announced the annual results of the works of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Initiatives Foundation for the year 2024, where the total volume of the Foundation’s spending, the largest of its kind in the region in the field of charitable, humanitarian, relief and societal work, reached more than 2.2 billion dirhams, caused a positive impact on the lives of about 149 million beneficiaries in 118 countries around the world.

The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Initiatives Corporation managed to increase the number of beneficiaries of its initiatives by 38 million beneficiaries, compared to 2023, and expanded in providing its programs, initiatives, campaigns, and relief and social projects to include 118 countries, an increase of 13 countries, compared to the number of countries that covered them in 2023.

The announcement of the results of the work of the work of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Initiatives Foundation, as part of a special ceremony held yesterday, at the Dubai World Trade Center, attended by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai Rashid Al Maktoum, Head of the Culture and Arts Authority in Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and a number of ministers and officials.

The ceremony witnessed a review of the achievements of the Foundation during the past year and previous years, in addition to reports on the results of the “Stopping Father” campaign, and honoring the partners and senior shareholders in it.

The ceremony was preceded by a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Initiatives Foundation at the Dubai World Trade Center, headed by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Firm commitment

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and UAE and Ruler In 118 countries around the world .. I met with our humanitarian team during the event and numbering 975 employees .. It also supports the initiatives more than 170 thousand volunteers in all our programs.

His Highness added: “And with the advent of the anniversary of the humanitarian work day … the anniversary of the departure of the founder of giving in the Emirates .. Zayed, may God rest his soul .. We affirm that our humanitarian work continues and the hand of the Emirati giving is extended to all peoples .. We thank God that according to our country for these actions .. And we ask God to perpetuate his preservation and grace on our country with the good deeds that our country exports to various countries of the world.”

And His Highness added: “We bid farewell to a year from the manufacture of hope to receive another more momentum, the greatest influence and the remaining impact on this noble industry, aimed at creating a fundamental difference in their lives, and the lives of others around them.”

His Highness said: “To save the life of a person from illness, or put a book in the hands of a student or student, or enable a woman to rise to her life and the life of her family, or provide an opportunity for a creative young man to be creative, or we need to need or deprived of poverty, this is what we represent and what we believe in, and these are our values ​​and principles, and this is our remaining industrial.”

His Highness affirmed: “We will not be eaten and will not stop … Our work for man and humanity will not stop, and the flame that we carry will not be extinguished, God willing.”

More than a tender system

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai, and Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Initiatives Foundation, stressed that the initiatives of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International have turned, within a few years since its foundation in 2015, to more than one giving system, where its role exceeds the limited humanitarian action, relief and charitable work Reconstruction, rehabilitation and empowerment of individuals and societies in the comprehensive and radical concept, within the framework of a vision that improves the quality of life as a whole, support sustainable development, and find innovative and long -term solutions to the challenges facing humanity, and work to eradicate problems that impede development, such as poverty and disease, from its roots.

His Highness said: “The year 2024 witnessed important articulated stations on the journey of the Muhammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum Initiatives Foundation, through more than 2.2 billion dirhams that were spent on various qualitative projects and initiatives, whether new or ongoing and continuing for years, which contributed to strengthening their concrete results on the ground, and expanding the size of their benefit, and among the most prominent of these stations is the launch of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Mother’s Stop) Campaign to honor Mothers in the UAE, through the establishment of a billion dirhams, to support the education of millions of people around the world and to arm them with the sciences and skills necessary to help them split their way in life.

His Highness added: “The year 2024 witnessed the launch of the highest tower in the UAE, at a cost of 800 million dirhams, as part of the (Stopping one billion meals) initiative, the largest of its kind to combat hunger in the world, where the endowment tower aims to contribute to securing a sustainable food security system for millions of people, as well Free cancer patients, which will be a qualitative value added to the medical system in Dubai and the UAE.

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said: “These projects and others are the tip of the flood of initiatives under the Initiatives of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International, through more than 30 institutions and initiative that implement hundreds of programs, projects and campaigns.”

His Highness also emphasized: “Our work is continuous and our goal is clear, and as His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said: We continue to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate peoples, and we continue to fight poverty, hunger and ignorance everywhere in our region and the world, and we continue to instill hope for a better tomorrow in our Arab societies.”

Sustainable approach

In turn, the Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Secretary -General of the “Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Initiatives”, said: “By seeing and directed His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Initiatives Corporation succeeded in consolidating an inspiring model in humanitarian and charitable work, as it is strengthened with each new year of its achievements, the sustainable approach to charitable work based on a long -term difference in the lives of tens of millions of millions The less fortunate categories, and the focus more on developing and empowering these groups, and to achieve this, the Foundation every year harnesses more resources for areas influencing the achievement of these goals such as the areas of education, health, empowerment of societies and support for youth, and also builds more international partnerships to support various aspects of humanitarian, charitable, relief and development work for needy societies ».

He added: «The arrival of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Initiative Foundation in 2024 to about 149 million people in 118 countries, through its projects and programs that amounted to more than 2.2 billion dirhams, an increase of 400 million dirhams over the year 2023, the volume of the institution’s business and the growth of its impact appears, and most importantly, these resources were harnessed in specific and innovative programs and projects that contribute to making a better future for needy societies and advancement The capabilities of man and the quality of his life. ”

Muhammad al -Qarqawi stressed: “The Initiatives Foundation will continue its mission to spread hope in the hearts of everyone through sustainable and growing projects and programs, in a way that contributes to redoubling the leading global position of the UAE as the capital of humanity, and establishes an important reference in the innovative human and charitable work, and an inspiring beacon with the ability of solidarity, cooperation and giving to make a real difference in human life and future.”

Humanitarian Medal

Within the event, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum imitated the founder and Chairman of the Azizi Real Estate Development Company, Maris Azizi, “The Medal of Mohammed bin Rashid, for humanitarian work”, in appreciation of his humanitarian and charitable efforts, as the company announced its contribution to the amount of three billion dirhams in support of the campaign “Stopping the Father”, and the first contribution to the campaign was, and it is considered the largest individual donation from the private sector in the history of the UAE Contributing to building a human medical neighborhood that includes a hospital, a research center and a medical training center, which represents an important addition to the medical sector in the UAE, where the new medical district will be established according to the best international standards, and the contribution of the Azizi Real Estate Development Company will include the establishment of other endowment buildings.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum honored a number of senior shareholders in the “Stopping Father” campaign with the medal of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for charitable work, and they are: Saeed Mohammed Al -Tayer, Managing Director, CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Abdullah Mohammed Al -Basti, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Charitable and Humanitarian Works, Muhammad Jumaa Al -Naboodah, and Christ Real Estate », Amran Farouk, CEO of Samana Real Estate Development Company, Ihsan Rashid, CEO of Pace Home, Youssef Ali Musleam, Chairman of the Lulu Global Group, Sidharath Palshandran, President and CEO of Biomerk Ltd., Abdullah Matar Al Mannai, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Managing Director of Emirates Auction Company, Omar Al Mannai, Executive Director of the Emirates For auctions, Dr. Abdullah Al -Ghafli, Acting Director General of the Integrated Transport Center, Brigadier Mohamed Al -Braik Al -Amiri, Executive Director of the Drivers and Vehicles Licensing Sector, Ahmed Mahboub, Executive Director of the Licensing Corporation at the Roads and Transport Authority, and Narish Buffanani, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the West Zone Group.

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum also honored a group of shareholders in the “Stopping Father” campaign, and the partners who played an active role in achieving the humanitarian goals of the campaign aimed at honoring parents by providing an opportunity for every person to donate the name of his father in the campaign, with the aim of providing health care for the less fortunate societies, as His Highness honored: Yahya Saeed Lootah, Vice -Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Saeed Ahmed Loth Foundation, Khaled Abdul Rahim Al -Zarouni, Muhammad Saeed Al -Shamsi from the family of the late Obaid Al -Helou, Hoda Al -Rostamani, a member of the Board of Directors of Abdul Wahid Al -Rostamani Holding Group, Muhammad Abdul Latif Ibrahim Kaladari, participating chairman and CEO of the “Classari Brothers” group, Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al -Habib, Chairman of the Board of Directors of “Durr” real estate group, and Dr. Mahdi Al -Fardan, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al -Fardan Group Executive Director of the Dar Al -Bar Association, Renoka Gagtiani, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the “Landmark” group, Nisha Gagtiani, Director of the “Landmark” group, Dr. Shamshir Fayalil, founder and chairman of the Board “Bin Ghati Holding”, Eugur Molshanov, CEO of “Cube Development”, Ubaid Mimani, Vice Chairman of the Al -Wasif Group, Abdullah Al -Ahmad, CEO of the government sector, and dignitaries in E and UAE, and Fahd Al -Hassawi, CEO of “Du”.

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Human and developmental achievement

The results of the works of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Initiatives Foundation reflect the humanitarian, development and societal achievement, which were achieved by initiatives, projects, programs and institutions that fall under the umbrella of the parent institution during the year 2024.

The programs, initiatives and projects of the Foundation have demonstrated their success in the institutionalization of humanitarian work to improve the reality of societies, and to harness all the available resources and capabilities to raise the suffering of man around the world, and to cause a sustainable comprehensive change to achieve public well -being and stability, and in a way that translates the foundation’s message of manufacturing and formulating the future and building a world more stable and growing.

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171.8 thousand volunteers

The Foundation’s initiatives attracted all a large number of volunteers, whose contributions were vital support in the implementation of many projects, programs and humanitarian campaigns, relief, health, cognitive, cultural, and community Volunteer, compared to 2023, which witnessed the participation of 160,547 volunteers.

To encourage charitable, humanitarian, developmental, relief, and community work, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Initiatives Foundation presented, in 2024, in 2024, in honor and motivational awards for humanitarian and development work, with a total value of more than 38.5 million dirhams compared to 25.1 million dirhams in 2023.

Mohammed bin Rashid:

. We confirm with the anniversary of the departure of the founder of the tender in the UAE, Zayed, may God rest his soul, that our humanitarian work is continuing, and the hand of the Emirati giving is extended to all peoples.

. We bid farewell to a year from the manufacture of hope, to receive another more momentum, the greatest influence and the remaining impact on this noble industry, aimed at creating a fundamental difference in their lives, and the lives of others around them.

Hamdan bin Mohammed:

. In 2024, he witnessed important articulated stations in “Mohammed bin Rashid International Initiatives”, most notably the launch of the “Mother’s Stopping Campaign” to honor mothers in the Emirates.

. “Initiatives” have surpassed the limited human act, to rebuild, rehabilitate and empower individuals and societies in the comprehensive and radical concept.

. 149 million people in 118 countries, benefiting from the projects and programs of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Initiatives Foundation and programs.

. 210 million dirhams, spending on the axis of health care and disease control, and its projects and programs benefited about 6.5 million people.