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More than half a million people benefited from Suqia UAE projects in 2025 • Suqia UAE’s Board of Trustees held its first 2026 meeting · DEWA Podcasts

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  The Board of Trustees of the UAE Water Aid Foundation,
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  Sukiyah UAE, which operates under the umbrella
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  of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global
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  Initiatives, held its first meeting of the year
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  in 2026, chaired by His Excellency Saeed Mohammed
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  Al -Tayr, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of
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  Sukiyah UAE. The meeting reviewed Sukiyah UAE's
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  projects implemented during 2025, especially
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  those carried out in Tanzania under the directives
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  of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al
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  Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of
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  the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to provide clean
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  drinking water to different regions and villages
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  across Tanzania. These initiatives have benefited
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  more than 1 million people to date. It was also
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  noted that in 2025 alone, Sukia implemented 54
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  projects in Tanzania, in cooperation with the
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  Emirates Red Crescent and the UAE Embassy in
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  Tanzania, benefiting more than 524 ,000 people.
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  The board also discussed the outcomes of Sukia's
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  Ramadan campaign. organized in collaboration
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  with 19 organizations and association. The campaign
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  included the participation of employees from
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  Dubai Electricity and Water Authority in distributing
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  water bottles with iftar meals in mosques and
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  iftar tents, as well as food baskets to families
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  in need. UN reports state that 2 .2 billion people
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  worldwide still lack safely managed drinking
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  water services, while 2 .4 billion people live
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  in water -stressed countries. At Sukiyah UAE,
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  We continue to work towards achieving the vision
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  and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed
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  bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime
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  Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, to strengthen
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  UAE's leading position in global humanitarian
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  and voluntary work through the provision of clean
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  and safe water to millions of people worldwide.
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  Suqiyah's projects also support efforts to achieve
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  the UN's sustainable goals for 2030, particularly
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  the sixth goal that seeks to ensure access to
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  water and sanitation for all, said His Excellency
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  Saeed Mohammed Al -Tayr. Chairman of the Board
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  of Trustees of Sukiyah UAE. The meeting also
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  reviewed the latest updates on the fifth cycle
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  of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global
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  Water Award, with total prizes of USD $1 million.
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  Mohammed Al Shamsi, Acting Executive Director
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  of Sukiyah, said that an international marketing
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  and communications campaign had been launched,
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  targeting universities and companies through
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  business associations, to encourage individuals
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  and research institutions to submit innovations
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  that provide sustainable solutions to water scarcity.