Inaugurated on 4 October 2015, Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives embodies the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in humanitarian work, philanthropy and community development. The foundation aims to improve the quality of life in the Arab world and comprises four essential sectors: combating poverty and disease, spreading knowledge, empowering communities, and entrepreneurship and innovation for the future. The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives seeks to achieve integration and coordination among the humanitarian, developmental and social initiatives that His Highness has sponsored and launched over the past years. Its aim is to maximize their impact, increase their ambition, and unite their goals and visions to meet the growing challenges faced by the Middle East and the world.
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives marks a step change into a new phase of supporting human development. Humanitarian work is driven globally by huge organizations with the necessary scale to integrate their efforts, unite their energies, and mobilize resources to achieve their objectives. Its programmes share a common drive to create hope in the region. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives supports more than 130 million people in 116 countries around the world, and encompasses 28 institutions and initiatives that operate more than 1,400 development programmes.
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives works in collaboration with more than 280 strategic partners ranging from governmental institutions and private sector companies to regional and international organizations.
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives operates in four main sectors:
1. Combating poverty and disease
2. Spreading knowledge
3. Empowering communities
4. Entrepreneurship and innovation for the future
Objectives and Values
The foundation aims to:
• To become local and global pioneers in humanitarian work and community development.
• To promote excellence in humanitarian work and community development based on best international practices.
• To establish strategic coordination and supervision among subsidiaries.
• To establish the strategies and general framework for subsidiaries and guide a common agenda for the activities on the local, regional and international levels.
• To highlight the role and activities of the foundation and its subsidiaries.
• To promote the culture of philanthropic, humanitarian and developmental work in the Arab World.
• To achieve integration and coordinate objectives among subsidiaries to combat poverty, disease and lack of knowledge.
Future Goals – Until 2025
Combating poverty and disease
• Treat and protect 30 million people from blindness and eye disease
• Invest AED 2 billion to establish research centers and hospitals
• Support and enable 2 million households in 40 countries
• Invest AED 500 million in water research in the region
Spreading knowledge
• Support the education of 20 million child in 41
• Print and distribute 10 million book
• Encourage reading of 500 million book
• Invest AED 1.5 billion in education knowledge
Empowering communities
• Invest AED 600 million to promote a culture of tolerance
• Award AED 150 million to encourage creatives, intellectuals and journalists
• Attract 1 million participants to awards and forums that embower communities
• Translate 25,000 book to Arabic
Entrepreneurship and innovation for the future
• Invest AED 5.5 billion to create innovation incubators
• Support and incubate 5000 innovator and researcher
• Train and support 50,000 young entrepreneur
• Create 500,000 job opportunity by supporting new companies
For more information, please visit: http://www.almaktouminitiatives.org