UAE to provide clean water to 1 million people

21 ENTITIES PLEDGE TO DIG 150 WELLS IN 34 COUNTRIES

Employees of 21 entities come together to dig 150 wells

Employees of 21 entities across the UAE have pledged to dig 150 wells in 34 countries under the Well of Hope campaign, which will provide clean water to over a million people.

The 21 entities had engaged in a 20-day humanitarian competition, the first of its kind in the region, launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, VicePresident and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, when he urged public and private sector employees to pump the largest amounts of water through a mobile virtual pumping device during Ramadan to be donated to people in need.

The Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation in Dubai (AMAF) took the lead by establishing the Well of Hope endowment to provide clean water to over 600,000 beneficiaries annually and implement sustainable water supply projects in droughtaffected communities globally.

Mohammad Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, said the humanitarian campaign embodies the vision of Shaikh Mohammed to create hope and promote the values of giving and solidarity through providing clean water, to disadvantaged communities.

It also reflects the UAE’s commitment to preserving human dignity, lending a helping hand and enhancing the quality of life across the world.

“The initiative carries on the UAE’s pioneering journey of humanitarian work and consolidates the country’s growing contributions aimed to instil the pillars of stability, growth and optimism for a better tomorrow,” Al Gergawi said.

He noted that the immediate response of institutions and entities to the humanitarian competition “reflects their commitment to corporate social responsibility to help people wherever they are, regardless of ethnicity, race or religion.”

He said that the initiative’s outstanding results accomplished in less than a month drives entities, including Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI), to continue adopting innovation in shaping the future of humanitarian work that will benefit the largest segment of people and communities.

Projects launched as part of the Well of Hope competition have already started benefitting people in several countries. Tajikistan, in Central Asia, was the first to receive wells to supply clean water to its people.