The International Humanitarian City (IHC) in Dubai, the world’s largest humanitarian hub, plays an integral role in facilitating efficient first responses to crises at a global level. IHC members community includes about 80 UN organisations, International NGOs, intergovernmental organisations, and…
The Emirates Red Crescent, from its warehouses in the International Humanitarian City in #Dubai, announced the dispatch of 2,000 tons of food items via sea to #Lebanon. A joint visit at IHC warehouse compound in Dubai, to witness the load…
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…
In Iraq, and just over a month since the start of the Mosul offensive, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners have been intensifying life-saving, emergency help for tens of thousands of displaced people. There has been a marked increase…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and FUNN, the Sharjah Media Arts for Children and Youth Foundation, signed on Mondaya two-year agreement to work together on fighting hunger worldwide, particularly among youth and children. Under the agreement, WFP and…
MUNICH – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today stepped up its search for innovative solutions to spur progress towards Zero Hunger by launching an Innovation Accelerator to identify and nurture new, bold responses to humanitarian and development challenges as…
On behalf of Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation (AMAF), His Excellency Tayeb Abdul Rahman Al-Rais, Secretary General, AMAF today handed over a cheque for AED741,000 to the SOS Children’s Village International for the maintenance of buildings of SOS Children’s Village…
SOS Children’s Villages International is proudto receive the Zayed FutureEnergy Prize, African Global High Schools award given yesterday to SOS HGSheikh Secondary School in Somaliland. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid,Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, SheikhMohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of…
The Alwaleed Philanthropies (AP), chaired by HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), today announced the launch of the “Tweet for Heat” Campaign, a joint global initiative designed to galvanize…