More than 70,000 individuals, institutions, and businesses from the public and private sectors in the UAE have raised Dhs404m in the first 10 days of the launch of the ‘1 Billion Meals Endowment’ campaign. The campaign, launched by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, aims to launch the largest Ramadan food aid endowment fund and provide a food safety net for the world’s most underprivileged populations. The campaign has received contributions from various prominent UAE companies like Al Ansari Exchange, Azizi Developments, Sankari Group, and Sobha Realty. Other contributors include Dubai Duty Free, DP World Foundation, Burjeel Holdings, Lulu Group International, West Zone Group, Alfardan Group, GINCO, Danube, JETEX, Landmark Group, and Tristar. Telco providers du and Etisalat by e& will also hold charity auctions of special numbers to support the campaign.
The Most Noble Number charity auction, which will begin on April 8, will feature exclusive sets of numbers auctioned off in cooperation with Emirates Auction.