The UAE has announced its intention to make two financial donations to the United Nations; US$15 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA, to help in its basic programmes for Palestinian refugees, and another $15 million will be allocated to support UN Women over the next three years.

Against the backdrop of the devastation caused by hurricanes Irma, Harvey and Maria, His Excellency Dr. Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, and Vitaly Vanshelboim, Assistant United Nations Secretary-General & Deputy Executive Director for the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), hosted The Bloomberg Global Business Forum, held on the sidelines of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Shailesh Dash is a true veteran of the alternative investment sector, with a focus on progressive investments that don’t over promise and under deliver. With 20 years of experience under his belt, Dash has a proven track record of identifying success stories built on infrastructure that grows opportunity for everyone. He is one of the foremost voices in the Middle East, promoting the ethical and socially responsible investments that will drive the future economy of the South East Asian region. 

Etihad Aviation Group (EAG) has donated school supplies to help thousands of Syrian refugee children at the UAE-Jordan, Mrajeeb Al Fhood refugee camp in Jordan pursue their studies.

NMC Healthcare and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati Children’s) have entered into a collaborative agreement that brings Cincinnati Children’s highly specialized paediatric surgeons to offer life-saving and life-enhancing surgeries to the children of the UAE at NMC Royal Hospital in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi. The two institutions have been in discussions since the summer of 2016. “This collaboration between NMC and Cincinnati Children’s is a landmark agreement for UAE healthcare as children from the country who had been travelling abroad for surgical treatments and follow ups due to the unavailability of such services in UAE may soon be able to undergo these treatments close to their homes under the caring eyes of their families and friends,” said Prasanth Manghat, CEO – NMC Healthcare, on the occasion.