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Reaching out to more and more needy people
Under the theme humanitarian challenges in the past, present and future, the fifth edition of Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference and Exhibition (Dihad) aims to contribute to the dialogue on aid and development by exploring issues such as pandemics, climate change, scarcity of resources and nuclear incidents.
- Wafa Issa, Staff Reporter
- Published: 17:11 January 22, 2008
Dubai: Under the theme humanitarian challenges in the past, present and future, the fifth edition of Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference and Exhibition (Dihad) aims to contribute to the dialogue on aid and development by exploring issues such as pandemics, climate change, scarcity of resources and nuclear incidents.
Ebrahim Bu Melha, Vice-President of Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establishment and Chairman of Dihad Higher Organising Committee, said to learn from past experiences and look for future solutions is essential to develop aid work and reach to as many people as possible.
The conference and exhibition, which will be held from April 8 to 10 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, will host more than 450 organisations from 60 different countries in the humanitarian field.
Gerhard Putman-Cramer, Deputy Director for the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said international aid coordination in general will greatly benefit from a better mutual knowledge and understanding and by joint discussions over issues of common concern.
"Dihad will also constitute an ideal platform to agree upon and disseminate key advocacy messages on behalf of the international aid community," said Cramer, adding that such conferences have also indirect benefit on people receiving aid as the conference hosts a large number of governmental and aid organisations, which are in a position to emphasis the need of more donations and how best they can be spend.
Moreover, a humanitarian youth forum will be held on the sidelines of the conference to give an opportunity to school children to be more engaged in charity work.
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