UAE Water Aid contributions hit Dh111m

UAE Water Aid campaign’s humanitarian contributions have reached AED 111.357 million on the thirteenth day of its launch. The amount collected can provide fresh drinking water for 4.454 million persons from developing countries; this number constitutes 89% of the 5 million persons the campaign is targeting.

The thirteenth day of the UAE Water Aid Campaign witnessed donation of AED 500,000 from Mohammed Al Sayyah, which will provide clean drinking water for 20,000 people in the developing countries, AED 500,000 from Damas Jewellery, which will provide clean drinking water for 20,000 people in the developing countries, AED 200,000 from Mohammed Bin Rashid Housing Establishment (MRHE) which will provide clean drinking water for 8,000 people in the developing countries. Al Hathboor group donated AED 100,000, which provides fresh drinking water for 4,000 persons in developing countries, AED 100,000 from Ahmed Saeed Al Mulla, which will provide clean drinking water for 4,000 persons in developing countries. More donations came from Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, which donated AED 100,000 to the Campaign to help provide clean drinking water for 4000 person, Community Development Authority employees who donated donated AED 55850 to provide fresh drinking water for 2234 persons in developing countries and The Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation which donated AED 2,250 million.

UAE Water Aid campaign comes in the light of the aggravation of water scarcity issue in many parts of the world over the past decades. This scarcity has resulted in threatening the life of millions of people, heralding grave dangers if world countries and international bodies do not initiate prompt plans and strategies so as to bring forward radical solutions for this issue in afflicted areas.

World Health Organisation (WHO) figures show that more than 3.4 million die every year due to thirst and diseases caused by unclean water.

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