UAE concludes #10MillionMeals campaign with 15.3 million meals

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The UAE has concluded its #10MillionMeals campaign.

In a tweet His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, revealed that the country’s biggest food distribution drive has helped secure 15.3 million meals in just one month.

Sheikh Mohammed clarified that more than 100,000 individuals from 115 different nationalities contributed to the initiative’s success.

He also explained that there are currently more than 1,000 volunteers working daily to distribute the food to those in-need.

So far, 6.5 million meals have been delivered to people across the country.

The campaign, overseen by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI),
secured 1.4 million meals through online donations.

Meanwhile, SMS donations helped provide 771,535 meals and in-kind donations made through the campaign’s call center amounted to 726,392 meals.

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