Mohammed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum Global Initiatives
Mohammed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum Global Initiatives
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) is a UAE-based foundation that was established in 2015 and supported and launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. MBRGI embodies a vision to create hope, empower communities, and build advanced societies through sustainable humanitarian, developmental, and social initiatives. Its goals include fostering a culture of hope, supporting vulnerable groups, and promoting tolerance, coexistence, and innovation to drive progress and prosperity worldwide.
As part of MBRGI’s public engagement efforts, the entity’s fundraising campaigns include the region’s largest food drive. In 2020, MBRGI launched the “10 Million Meals” campaign, which provided vital support to communities impacted by COVID-19 across the UAE during Ramadan.
Following the immense success of the first food drive Ramadan campaign, MBRGI launched the “100 Million Meals” campaign in 2021, and through which UNHCR was one of the key organizations which were granted funding to implement food assistance projects in countries across Asia and Africa.
In 2022, MBRGI continued its support to UNHCR through the “1 Billion Meals” Ramadan campaign, through which UNHCR continued supporting forcibly displaced families in various countries such as India, Nigeria, Namibia, and Tunisia.
Beyond food assistance, MBRGI’s contributions of USD 28 million have reached more than 700,000 refugees, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers, and host communities with assistance ranging from food security, sustainable livelihoods, emergency response, healthcare, and WASH. Over the years, UNHCR was able to implement various projects in India, Nigeria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Malaysia, Namibia, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Syria, and Chad.
In January 2025, UNHCR and MBRGI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the margins of the World Economic Forum 2025. The pledge of USD 10 million will be allocated to support UNHCR’s sustainable livelihoods programmes benefitting forcibly displaced communities. The MoU was signed by Saeed Al Eter, Assistant Secretary General at MBRGI and Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in the presence of Mohammad Al Gergawi, UAE Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the Secretary-General of MBRGI.
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