The “Billion Meals” initiative, the largest of its kind in the region, is supported by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
It also enjoys the support of a group of international, regional and local operational partners with whom the initiative cooperates to reach “a billion meals for the less fortunate,” especially children, refugees, displaced people, and those affected by humanitarian crises and natural disasters in 50 countries.
UNHCR, which is concerned with the affairs of tens of millions of refugees around the world, joins the group of operational partners of the “Billion Meals” initiative, including the United Nations World Food Program, the network of regional food banks, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establishment, the Emirates Food Bank, and business institutions Charitable, humanitarian and social in the countries covered by the initiative.
The operational partners of the “Billion Meals” initiative support its field and logistical humanitarian operations in 50 countries, including listing the lists of those most in need of assistance, cooperating in reaching them with food support wherever they are, and distributing food parcels or instant vouchers to beneficiaries.
The joint effort between the initiative and its partners doubles the opportunities for collective contribution and sharing of experiences, resources and capabilities in implementing the “billion meals” operations, by assembling the efforts of the largest number of organizations, bodies, crews and cadres to provide direct relief support, and participate in facing the challenge of hunger and achieving the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations for 2030 Including the seventh goal of eradicating hunger in the world.
Reducing the suffering of refugees
Khaled Khalifa, representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the Gulf Cooperation Council and advisor to the High Commissioner, said: Our partnership with the “One Billion Meals” initiative aims to alleviate the suffering of refugees who were forced to leave their homes and lost everything, and this partnership is an extension and expansion of our cooperation with the initiatives of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International, who achieved qualitative success within the 100 Million Meals campaign that it organized last year, and we hope that this cooperation will achieve more achievements and successes within the “One Billion Meals” initiative, which we consider one of the meaningful humanitarian initiatives.
Sarah Al Nuaimi, Director of the Office of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, said: Our initiatives’ partnerships regionally and globally have one goal, which is to reach the impact of humanitarian action to the widest and farthest extent and ensure access to the largest possible segment of beneficiaries around the world.
She pointed out that the cooperation of the “Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives” with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ensures that the “billion meals” reach the groups most in need of support and assistance and provide food security, and constitutes a continuation of our cooperation together within purposeful humanitarian initiatives that have made a practical difference in the lives of millions of people. who had to leave their homes to seek safety for themselves and their families.
The “One Billion Meals” initiative, the largest of its kind in the region, represents the values of the “Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives” that it organizes, in involving everyone in charitable and humanitarian work from individuals and institutions from various sectors in the UAE and the world with its focus on the concept of sustainable community financing. To provide food support and elements of food security for the most needy groups, and open the door for participation in a comprehensive community movement aimed at weaving a food safety net for those who do not find food.
