Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum met volunteers collaborating within the UAE’s “bridges of goodness” marketing campaign packing the aid materials for individuals in quake-hit areas.
Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has visited the nation’s humanitarian marketing campaign devoted to earthquake victims in Türkiye and Syria.
The Dubai ruler inspected the efforts of volunteers collaborating within the ‘bridges of Goodness’ marketing campaign at its headquarters on the Dubai World Trade Centre, based on state news company WAM on Tuesday.
“Today, I visited the Bridges of Goodness marketing campaign to supply aid to these affected by the earthquakes in Syria and Türkiye,” Bin Rashid stated.
“The bridges of goodness that the UAE extends with peoples in times of distress are permanent bridges that establish love, communication and solidarity. They raise brotherhood to noble levels.”
“Today’s campaign was attended by 2,000 volunteers, including children, school students, employees from the government and private sectors, businessmen, intellectuals, and others,” he stated.
“Their goal is the same, to deliver a message of goodness to our brothers, and to express our most important human values…they have all our thanks and appreciation,” he added.
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On February 11, the Emirati authorities launched the marketing campaign following the highly effective earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye on February 6 and claimed the lives of at the very least 48,448, individuals.
According to UN figures, the quakes additionally killed round 6,000 individuals in Syria.
On Thursday, the UAE stated it had flown 209 cargo planes to the areas affected by the earthquakes, carrying 5,848 tons of aid assist and offering therapy for about 4,000 instances in its area hospital within the southern Turkish metropolis of Gaziantep.
Four days after the February 6 catastrophe, the UAE arrange a area hospital in Gaziantep that employed 50 personnel with 15 docs, with a 50-bed capability alongside an working room, emergency, intensive care, psychology, and household physician sections.
The UAE has despatched 97 aid flights to assist the earthquake-hit areas, delivering 2,624 tonnes of assist.
A complete of 58 cargo planes carrying 1,918 tonnes of aid materials have been despatched to Syria and 39 have landed in Türkiye, carrying 706 tonnes of meals and medical provides and tents.
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