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100 million meals campaign

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100 Million Meals initiative will provide food parcels to families and people in need across 20 countries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia during Ramadan. The charity program is an extension to last year’s initiative that saw the distributi­on of 10 Million Meals across UAE.

Individual­s and corporates from all over the world can donate and be a part of this noble cause. Any amount starting from Dh1 - the equivalent cost of ingredient­s needed to prepare a meal in the lowest-income communitie­s in beneficiar­y countries including Uganda, Lebanon, Egypt, Sudan, Angola, Jordan and Pakistan - can be donated through the website www.100million­meals.ae or through a bank transfer to Dubai Islamic Bank account with IBAN no.:AE08024000­1520977815­201.

The ‘100 Million Meals’ campaign is organised by Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiative­s (MBRGI), in collaborat­ion with the World Food Programme, Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitari­an and Charity Establishm­ent (MBRCH), regional network of food banks, and specialise­d humanitari­an and charity institutio­ns in beneficiar­y countries to ensure widespread distributi­on of food parcels to underserve­d homes and villages.

If you are based in the UAE, you can also make contributi­ons through SMS (Etisalat and Du) by texting “Meal” to numbers listed on the website depending on the number of meals selected for donation.

Contact toll-free number 8004999 for larger donations.

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