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Life Partners Commit to Feed Thousands of Families in Gaza and Haiti During Ramadan
Throughout the summer, Life for Relief and Development has been gearing up for its annual Ramadan campaign. The campaign focuses on providing food to needy families and orphans in several countries around the world.
In the spirit of the campaign and the forthcoming holy month, Two of Life’s partners, the Muhammad Bin Rashed Al-Maktoom Charity and the Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Foundation, have made substantial commitments to provide a one-month supply of food during Ramadan to 2,500 Palestinian families living in Gaza.
Life will implement this project, as it does its other projects in Gaza, by selecting families who fall under the following criteria:
Families who suffer from severe poverty
Families who live in rural areas
The families of those who suffer from chronic unemployment
Families with women as the head of household
Families with special needs children
Families with 5 or more members
In addition to its commitment in Gaza, the Al Maktoum Charity has pledged to feed 500 families in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
Muhammad Bin Rashed Al Maktoum is the current ruler of Dubai and the vice-president of the UAE. He started the charitable foundation that bears his name in 1995, and has overseen the distribution of tens of millions of dollars in humanitarian assistance across the globe.
The Al Maktoum Charity has provided extensive support over the past two years to Life’s activities in Iraq, Palestine, and Haiti, for which Life and its supporters have been very grateful.
The late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan, who established his charitable foundation in 1992, was the leader of Abu Dhabi who went on to become the first president of the United Arab Emirates in 1971. His foundation has made an impact around the globe through a diverse array of humanitarian projects and initiatives.
Sheikh Zayed’s legacy lives on through the work of his foundation and the partnerships that it fosters with organizations like Life for Relief and Development.
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