Mohammed Rashid’s Initiative ‘1 Billion Meal’ Collaboration With World Food Programme To Help Refugees In Bangladesh

 

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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President, Prime Minister, and Minister Of Defence of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as well as the ruler of Dubai, launched the ‘1 Billion Meals’ initiative to help underprivileged people in Bangladesh.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) is the name behind this initiative. It is launched in collaboration with WFP (World Food Programme), an international organization within the United Nations (UN) that provides food assistance across the world.

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Mohammed Rashid’s ‘1 Billion Meals’ helped the underprivileged and undernourished people in Bangladesh. Under the initiative, the UAE distributed 5.4 million meals in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh.

The UAE is always committed to helping people and countries in need. The UAE has always provided humanitarian aid to countries in need. MBRGI has provided support to around 50 countries during the crisis.

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Food assistance is directly transferred to needy people in the form of quick redeemable smart vouchers. The recipients of the vouchers can buy essential food items from WFP-certified shops and supermarkets.

Reportedly, MBRGI has always provided humanitarian support to countries in need. It launched instantaneously redeemable smart vouchers to help underprivileged communities, such as refugees and internally displaced people. From ‘Bread For All’ to ‘1 Million Meals’ helped people in need. The ‘Bread For All initiative’ helped people in need in the UAE. They were able to eat food no matter what condition they were in. Under the initiative, the authorities distributed bread free to poor people across the region.

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The 1 Billion Meals initiative, the region's largest food donation drive to support the underprivileged & undernourished in 50 countries across 4 continents, announced the distribution of 5.4 million meals in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, in collaboration with @WFP pic.twitter.com/oiTYiqrsdV

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Reportedly, 20,000 people in Cox’s Bazar camps in Bangladesh received aid from ‘1 Billion Meals’. People bought essential food products from local vendors using vouchers. Cox’s Bazar camps are inhabited mostly by Rohingya refugees. They reportedly came to Bangladesh after facing persecution and violence in Myanmar. The refugees are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.