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The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) is an aid program foundation based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). MBRGI was launched in 2015 by the UAE ministry of finance, consolidating some 33 philanthropic initiatives overseen by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, over the past two and more decades. [1]

History and structure

MBRGI's board of trustees is chaired by Sheikh Mohammed. The vice chair is Crown Prince of Dubai Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, and the Secretary General is Mohammad Al Gergawi.

During 2017, the Foundation invested AED 1.8 billion (US$490 million). [2] The foundation has 543 permanent staff. [3] The entities under MBRGI are intended to provide humanitarian relief, charity and development. [4] [5]

MBRGI defines its work under five pillars: humanitarian aid and relief; healthcare and disease control; spreading education and knowledge; innovation and entrepreneurship and empowering communities. [5] [6]

In 2017, total spending on humanitarian aid and relief initiatives, programmes and projects totalled AED 194 million. [5] The humanitarian initiatives include the International Humanitarian City (IHC), the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establishment, [7] UAE Water Aid (In Arabic, Suqia), [8] UAE Food Bank, [9] andMohammed bin Rashid Global Centre for Endowment Consultancy. [10]

MBRGI's 2017 spending on the programmes and initiatives under healthcare & disease control doubled to AED 477 million. [5] [11] Initiatives include the Al Jalila Foundation and Noor Dubai [12]

MBRGI manages a number of initiatives and programmes that aim to combat ignorance and illiteracy, providing essential basic education in developing countries, while reinforcing the Arab region’s heritage as a centre of knowledge through cultural and enlightenment initiatives. [13] In 2017, the total expenditure on initiatives, programmes and projects dedicated to spreading education and knowledge amounted to AED 634 million. [5] These initiatives include:

In 2017, MBRGI invested some AED 396 million in promoting new enterprises and sustainable innovation. [5] Initiatives include The Dubai Future Foundation, [19] The Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for SME Development (Dubai SME), [20] The Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Young Business Leaders, [21] and The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award [22]

In 2017, MBRGI invested AED 129 million into "empowering communities" [23] [24] Initiatives include:

Three new initiatives were launched under MBRGI during 2017: the International Institute for Tolerance, [35] [36] [26] [37] the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Arabic E-learning Project [11] [38] [18] and One Million Arab Coders. [39]

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  37. ^ "International Institute for Tolerance announces Jury for Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Tolerance Award". wam. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
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  39. ^ nadia-3 (2017-10-27). "UAE Offers 1 Million Young Arabs Free Coding Training - Forbes Middle East". Forbes Middle East. Retrieved 2018-08-07.{{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link)


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