Abu Dhabi: Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, has underscored the importance of joining the efforts of humanitarian agencies, inside the UAE and overseas, including humanitarian and relief operations and development aid, and the focusing of these efforts on fulfilling the real needs of poor countries as well as the UAE’s aspirations for better humanitarian work and international efforts to counter humanitarian crises and disasters, respond to humanitarian appeals, reduce humanitarian suffering and preserve human dignity.
In a statement on the occasion of the release of the 2014 annual report of the Foundation, Shaikh Mansour said that the foundation’s achievements would not have been possible without the noble directives by President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the unlimited support by General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces
He added that since the inception of the Foundation, Shaikh Khalifa took special interest in providing foreign aid to fraternal and friendly countries with the aim of enhancing their development and bringing about a real change in the targeted communities through humanitarian and relief aid.
“The humanitarian vision of Shaikh Khalifa has become an unwavering approach in the UAE’s policy which seeks to extend a helping hand to the needy in targeted communities for the sole purpose of alleviating their suffering regardless of any other considerations. This is evident in the Foundation’s projects, achievements and initiatives in the eight years since its inception where it has reached out to around 70 countries.
According to its 2014 annual report, the Foundation focused its local efforts on helping Emirati families and engaging them in humanitarian action, sponsoring students and providing them healthy meals, while its overseas projects were mainly aimed at helping in the development of underprivileged communities through basic health-care services and education.
