Observes Zayed Day for Humanitarian Action
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For the fifth year in a row, the process of giving and humanity continued in the footsteps of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder of the United Arab Emirates to maintain its position as one of the largest international donors in the field of official development assistance (ODA) compared to its national income by 1.31%, nearly double the global target of 0.7% .
The UAE ranked first in the world as the world’s largest foreign aid donor for 2017, according to data from the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The total amount of ODA disbursements from the UAE was 19.32 billion dirhams ($ 5.26 billion) Growth of 18.1% compared to 2016, and aid was characterized by more than half of its value in the form of non-refundable grants (54%), in support of the development plans implemented by the recipient countries
“We believe that the wealth that God has bestowed on us must be shared by our friends and brothers.” In the words of goodness and love, the founding leader Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder of the United Arab Emirates, gave way to goodness, love, tolerance, giving and humanity. .
On the 19th of Ramadan, the United Arab Emirates celebrates Zayed Day for Humanitarian Action under the slogan “Love and Wafaa for the Giving of Giving”, which commemorates the departure of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder of the UAE.
Zayed Day for Humanitarian Action
This is an important occasion for the UAE to launch a number of charitable and humanitarian initiatives through thousands of government and community events in and outside the UAE.
Zayed Day for Humanitarian Action aims to consolidate the humanitarian work in the UAE as a lifelong lifestyle and cultural behavior, and to embody the solidarity of the Emirati people with their wise leadership to commemorate the founder of the UAE and express the feelings of fulfillment of his unprecedented career in giving.
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The late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan is a symbol of humanitarian action for his initiatives to serve humanity as a whole. He has strengthened the UAE’s standing as a global model for humanitarian and development work.
Sheikh Zayed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has known for his good life for philanthropy and philanthropy and has made a lot of contributions and has recorded many outstanding contributions in the field of humanitarian work, the official website of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said.
The ministry said that with the establishment of the UAE, the charitable work of the late Sheikh Zayed extended to all parts of the world and the amount of development and humanitarian aid that he directed from 1971 to 2004, benefiting 117 countries, reached 90.5 billion dirhams, according to a report issued by the Ministry of Development and International Cooperation at the time.
The UAE continued to follow the path of the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan in the philanthropy of HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.