Society
19.08.2019
3 Arab humanitarian organizations to discover
Today is World Humanitarian Aid Day. This is an opportunity to shed light on 3 organizations that are mobilizing to improve the daily lives of the most distressed populations.
KSRelief
KSRelief is a Saudi humanitarian organization. Launched in 2000, it is the initiative of more than a thousand projects with nearly 150 partners in more than 40 countries.
The total investment is around 3.5 billion dollars… It develops and implements programs in many countries with populations in distress, such as former child soldiers in Yemen, whom it tries to rehabilitate by providing them with educational, psychological and social support.
Dubai Cares
The Emirati organization, created in 2007 by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, aims to improve access to primary education in developing countries. It develops projects in 57 countries (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and many others) with local partners or United Nations agencies, with a focus on education.
Over the past 10 years, various programs have contributed to improving the lives of more than 18 million beneficiaries.
RISE Egypt
Support innovation to have an effective impact on society. This is essentially the premise of RISE, a non-governmental organization that activates a network of experts, investors, and researchers to accelerate entrepreneurship in Egypt.
RISE Egypt is relying on the country’s driving forces to help its ecosystem of business start-ups and thus have a positive impact on the economy. The organization brings together startups and economic stakeholders to accelerate the development and implementation of projects.