Thanks to the support of the United Arab Emirates, the World Food Programme (WFP) airlifted life-saving, high energy biscuits from its Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in the International Humanitarian City in Dubai to Bangui in Central African Republic (CAR). With…
Dubai, UAE: The Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, has marked World Refugee Day by chartering a cargo plane to deliver urgent humanitarian aid to Burkina Faso in support of the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Destined…
Flight carries over 35 tons of life saving equipment and relief items from WHO and UNHCR. Government of Dubai Media Office – 12 May 2020: Dubai, UAE: Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His…
A cargo of medical supplies in response to COVID-19, prepositioned within IHC by the World Health Organization, left Abu Dhabi airport for Ethiopia from where it will be distributed into 31 African Countries. WHO cargo valued over US$ 500,000 has…
WHO, in collaboration with the IHC and Government of the UAE dispatched 7.5 tons of medical equipment and supplies via an emergency air charter. The WHO medical supplies include 200,000 surgical masks, 200,000 gloves, 70,000 N95 respirators and enough screening…
Recently, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Durres, Albania, claiming more than 50 lives and damaging critical infrastructure, in addition to leaving more than 12,000 people homeless.
Dubai, 31/03/2019 – For the second time in less than a week, Dubai’s International Humanitarian City (IHC) has dispatched a cargo flight made available by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE…
Dubai, 28/03/2019 –Three Mozambique-bound planes packed with life-saving aid are set to take off today from Dubai as, following the instructions of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of…
Dubai, 25 March 2019 – As the immense scale of devastation is becoming apparent in Mozambique one week after Cyclone Idai, humanitarian workers and journalists face huge difficulties in gaining access to the affected areas and establishing communications with the…
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, generously offered his private plane, a B747, to deliver, in the coming days, much needed humanitarian assistance to those most affected…