The UAE has established its
global position in humanitarian initiatives and humanitarian aid, and its
leading role in promoting human solidarity. It has an effective role in the
international efforts to combat humanitarian challenges. The UAE has a strong
presence in the areas of humanitarian aid and emergency and long-term aid in
all parts of the world.
His Highness Sheikh
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minster of the UAE and
Ruler of Dubai, issued a decree establishing the UAE Water Aid Foundation as non-profit
organisation. Based on the decree, the Board of Trustees of the UAE Water Aid
Foundation was formed. It is chaired by the Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer of DEWA and membership of one representative each from
Ministry of InternationalCooperation and Development, Emirates Red
Crescent, UAE University, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research,
and two representatives from DEWA. The Board of Trustees is valid for three
years with the possibility of extension.
Moreover Mohammed
Abdulkareem Al Shamsi was assigned as Acting Executive Director of the UAE
Water Aid Foundation. Since its establishment, UAE Water Aid has become a
distinguished organisation that provides humanitarian aid to the needy and
distressed around the world.
"His Highness
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum established the UAE Water Aid Foundation
with the noble intention of enhancing the global position of the UAE and
supporting countries world around the world by coordinating humanitarian
efforts and initiatives to improve the living conditions of poor and
disaster-stricken areas, and achieve the sustainable development of all
humanity. It also shares international efforts to provide potable clean water,
and fight water-related diseases that threaten lives," said Mohammed Saeed
Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA.
Al Tayer noted that
establishing the Foundation by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum is a great support to international efforts to provide clean water to
millions of people around the world. The UAE Water Aid Foundation provides
clean water to the needy, conducts studies and research to support producing
water using solar power, contribute to financing and supporting
water-technology projects to combat drought, and supervise a million-dollar
annual award for researches that develop new technologies and mechanisms to
produce water using solar power.
The UAE Water Aid
Foundation works to provide potable water to the needy, the disadvantaged, and
those who are in distress around the world. It contributes to finding permanent
and sustainable solutions to water scarcity around the world. This is done
using the latest technologies, desalinating water using solar power, and
providing new and innovative technological solutions for communities that
suffer from scarcity and contamination of drinking water. The Foundation will
conduct studies and research to tackle water scarcity, particularly using solar
power. This achieves the Foundation’s objectives and supports it in carrying
out the tasks entrusted in it. This is done in coordination and partnership
with educational, academic, and international organizations.
"The UAE Water Aid
Foundation recently launched a number of campaigns to distribute water to
Ramadan tents and mosques in collaboration with associations and
charities in the UAE, in addition to relief assistance to Yemen in cooperation
with the Ministry of Development and International Cooperation. The Foundation
is also cooperating with DEWA in the field of research and development on desalination
and purification of water using solarenergy. The foundation also will cooperate
with The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Charity and Humanitarian Establishment
for the provision of water in various countries of the world , based on the a
Memorandum of Understanding that was signed previously," said Mohammed
Abdulkareem Al Shamsi, Acting Executive Director of the UAE Water Aid
Foundation. –End-
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