HH Sheikh Mohammed Launches 1 Billion Meals Campaign
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has announced the launch of the ''One Billion Meals'' campaign to secure food aid for vulnerable communities in 50 countries.
"The best of all charities is to feed a hungry person and the best of all nations is the one that keeps thinking of others," said Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid. "We aim to distribute One Billion Meals to send one billion messages of humanity to the world. The world is going through challenges in providing food security for everyone. Our mission is to support our brothers in humanity to save them from hunger."Hunger claims a child’s life every 10 seconds in a world where 25,000 people die of hunger daily, of them 10,000 children. Over 800 million people are undernourished globally, 52 million of whom, majority women and children, live in the Middle East and North Africa.
هدفنا من الحملة إيصال مليار وجبة .. وايصال مليار رسالة انسانية من دولة الإمارات للعالم .. خير الصدقة إطعام الطعام … وخير الشعوب التي تفكر بغيرها .. وبلادنا محفوظة بالخير الذي نقدمه للمحتاجين .. موعدنا ١ رمضان بإذن الله ونسأل الله أن يتقبل منا ومنكم صالح الأعمال .. pic.twitter.com/nRYbPqWAbg
— HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) March 10, 2022
The campaign provided food support as food parcels and instant smart vouchers to millions of beneficiaries across four continents including Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Sudan, Yemen, Tunisia, Iraq, Egypt, Kosovo, Brazil, Benin, Burundi, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Senegal, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Angola, Sierra Leone, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.
Organised by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI), the campaign is an expansion of the UAE’s previous "100 Million Meals" launched last year during the Holy Month of Ramadan, and raised more than double its target earlier this year to secure food parcels, equivalent to 220 million meals, to the disadvantaged in 47 countries across four continents.
The One Billion Meals campaign responds to the global need of providing consistent humanitarian assistance to underserved communities all over the world, supporting efforts to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 2 that aims to end hunger by 2030.