Earlier this week, as part of a generous USD 5 million donation from the Government of the United Arab Emirates, UNHCR announced that the implementation of the donation had commenced. The UAE earmarked USD 3 million for water, sanitation and…
Under the Patronage of UN Messenger of Peace and Chairperson of International Humanitarian City HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, Wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and…
The number of aid workers killed, kidnapped and seriously wounded has reached the highest number ever recorded, according to new figures published today on World Humanitarian Day. World Humanitarian Day marks the anniversary of the UN Headquarters bombing in Baghdad…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been able to scale up food assistance to hundreds of thousands of Iraqis displaced from their homes in recent weeks thanks to a generous contribution of US$148.9 million from the Kingdom of…
Save the Children is opening a new office in the Gulf region – the latest stage of its growth in the Middle East. The leading global independent child rights agency is already investing millions more dollars in its emergency relief…
In honour of aid workers across the region and the world, U.A.E.’s Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) will participate in and sponsor Dubai’s International Humanitarian City (IHC) initiative to mark the UN World Humanitarian Day on 19 August. Etisalat employees…
The World Food Programme (WFP) is joining other organizations and agencies around the globe in advance of World Humanitarian Day on 19 August to bring attention to the heroes who risk their lives every day to help people in need.…
Under the directions of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and with more than 200,000 Gazans in temporary shelters in schools and other facilities run by UNWRA, the…
TANA Netting, a proud member of International Humanitarian City in Dubai, and Sunflag (Nigeria) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 5 August in Abuja, Nigeria. Aim is to create a world-class production facility in Nigeria of WHOPES recommended…
TANA Netting, a proud member of International Humanitarian City in Dubai, and Sunflag (Nigeria) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 5 August in Abuja, Nigeria. Aim is to create a world-class production facility in Nigeria of WHOPES recommended…