H.H. Sheikh Mohammed announces 1 billion meals initiative

The UAE has launched a humanitarian initiative to deliver one billion meals to the poor and needy around the world.

It has been announced by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

He said the start of the initiative will coincide with the holy month of Ramadan, and will continue until the 1 billion-goal is achieved.

Organised by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI), the latest campaign aims to secure food aid for vulnerable communities in 50 countries.

It's an expansion of the UAE's '100 Million Meals' campaign launched last year during the holy month, 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 initiative also supports efforts to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 2 that aims to end hunger by 2030.

"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.

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