A UAE Water Aid campaign to provide access to fresh drinking water for more than 5 million people across the world has been launched.
The project was launched yesterday by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to coincide with Ramadan.
The campaign will involve digging wells and providing water pumps to provide areas in need with water purification equipment.
According to statistics by international organisations more than 880 million people around the world lack clean drinking water and 3.6 million people, 90 per cent of whom are under the age of five, die every year due to thirst and diseases caused by unclean water.
“As usual we welcome the generous month of Ramadan with charitable initiatives and our hands extended to needy people. We ask Allah Almighty to accept our worship and good deeds,” said Shaikh Mohammad.
“We are determined to plant a seed of goodness in every place around the world, inspired by the legacy of the late Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and the UAE as a capital of humanitarian activities. Emiratis are always there to extend a helping hand to the needy worldwide,” he added.
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