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UAE Donors

02 Health

In 2022, the Sharjah Charity House demonstrated a the operational costs of these medical convoys,
resolute commitment to global health enhancement Sharjah Charity House played a key role in delivering
by channeling AED 1.1 million (USD 0.3 million), critical healthcare services to remote and underserved
accounting for 21% of the organization’s total aid communities on the continent.
allocation, into the Health Sector. This allocation was
strategically divided to support two projects with Simultaneously, reinforcing its dedication to enhancing
a broad reach and impact. The first initiative was a medical infrastructure, the foundation extended its
multifaceted program in Africa, aiming to provide support to India. There, a healthcare facility was
urgent healthcare to those in dire need. This was endowed with three state-of-the-art dialysis machines,
achieved through the Zayed Al-Khair medical convoys, a move that undoubtedly bolstered the facility’s
an emblematic gesture symbolizing both the legacy of capacity to provide lifesaving renal care to patients,
Sheikh Zayed and the UAE’s sustained commitment illustrating the foundation’s tangible contributions to
to humanitarian outreach in Africa. By sponsoring elevating global health standards.

03 Commodity Aid

In 2022, the Sharjah Charity House broadened its was in Bangladesh, where the Charity House facilitated
philanthropic presence by channeling AED 0.9 million relief items for the Rohingya refugees, a population
(USD 0.2 million), which constitutes 17% of its total grappling with immense challenges. In Syria and
aid disbursements for the year, into the Commodity Jordan, amidst the biting cold, winter necessities were
Aid Sector. This sector is pivotal in addressing provided. Moving to Southeast Asia, Cambodia saw
immediate needs, especially in times of crises. Such an the distribution of 500 food parcels, an initiative that
initiative by the foundation assisted five countries with would have addressed immediate hunger needs and
emergency multi-sector aid. A noteworthy endeavor provided relief to many families.