The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, expressed gratitude to the United Arab Emirates for allocating USD 5 million to support UNHCR in Jordan. The Minister of International Cooperation and Development, Her Excellency, Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi,…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a generous contribution of US$31 million from the Government of the United Arab Emirates towards its emergency humanitarian operations in Syria. The donation was announced in Abu Dhabi by the Ministry…
Held under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and supported by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Charity and Humanitarian Establishment, the United Nations, International…
World-acclaimed Libyan artist Ali Omar Ermes recently donated his outstanding painting ‘The Sixth Ode’ to Philanthropy Age Magazine, that last week auctioned the artwork at the Christie’s Middle East sale in Dubai to benefit Syrian refugees. This contribution establishes a…
Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein of Jordan, the UN Messenger for Peace, arrived in Liberia today to visit UNICEF and World Food Programme (WFP)-supported projects targeting vulnerable households in Gbojay Town and Suehn Town, Bomi County. While acute malnutrition rates…
In collaboration with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Gulf Office, the International Humanitarian City (IHC) hosted for the first time the Arabhum Workshop in Dubai last week. The full-day event brought together over 60…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of US$1 million from the Sultanate of Oman to support food assistance programmes that will benefit people suffering the effects of drought and conflict in West Africa. “We are…
The International Humanitarian City (IHC) Board of Directors, Chaired by HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, today expressed their deep…
Watani Al-Emarat establishment and Dubai’s International Humanitarian City (IHC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create an official partnership between Watani Al-Emarat and IHC. The partnership aims for both parties to work together in order to promote and support the…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) started airlifting on Tuesday enough food to feed close to 30,000 displaced people for a month from Iraq to Qamishli in northeast Syria amid growing problems in reaching people, especially in conflict and…