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Suqia UAE embodies Emirati values of sustainable humanitarian giving · DEWA Podcasts

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  We're discussing the latest press release from
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  Sukia UAE, the UAE Water Aid Foundation. Since
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  its launch in 2015, the foundation's sustainable
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  water projects have benefited approximately 15
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  million people in 37 countries, providing clean
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  and safe water to underprivileged communities
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  worldwide. His Excellency Sayyid Muhammad Al
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  -Tayr, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Sukia
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  UAE, affirmed Sukia's commitment to the approach
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  of sustainable humanitarian giving established
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  by the late founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin
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  Sultan al -Nahayan, and supported by the wise
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  directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin
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  Zayed al -Nahayan, president of the UAE, and
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  His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al -Muqtum,
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  vice president and prime minister of the UAE
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  and ruler of Dubai. His Excellency added, This
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  further consolidates the UAE's position as a
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  global hub for innovation and for advancing sustainable
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  solutions to humanitarian and developmental challenges.
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  This aligns with the United Nations Sustainable
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  Development Goals 2030. particularly Goal 6,
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  which seeks to ensure access to water and sanitation
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  for all. Sukia also oversees the Mohammed bin
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  Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award, with prizes
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  totaling 1 million U .S. dollars. Over its first
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  four cycles, it honored 43 winners from 26 countries.
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  Applications for the fifth cycle are open until
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  30 September 2026. In Tanzania, under the directives
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  of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al
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  Maktoum, And with the Emirates Red Crescent and
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  the UAE embassy in Tanzania, more than one million
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  people have benefited from Sukia's projects.
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  The Ramadan campaign 2026 was implemented in
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  collaboration with 19 organizations and associations,
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  with Dubai Electricity and Water Authority employees
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  distributing water bottles with iftar meals in
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  mosques and iftar tents. And the Al -Frij Fridge
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  campaign, in its third consecutive year, launched
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  by Ferj in Dubai. with the support of the Mohammed
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  bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, aims
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  to distribute 2 million bottles of cold water,
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  juices, and frozen treats to workers across Dubai
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  during the summer.