Abu Dhabi: Zayed Giving Initiative, a unique model for humanitarian work at local and international levels, has, since its inception in 2003, reached out to more than 3 million children and elderly people and conducted over 7,000 free-of-charge heart surgeries.
Mouza Al Otaiba, member of the Initiative’s Board of Trustees, said the humanitarian mission had attracted thousands of prominent doctors, specialists, consultants and surgeons from across the world who had made valuable humanitarian contributions in Emirati volunteer medical camps.
In a short time span, she added, the Zayed Giving Initiative has extended its surgical, curative and preventive programmes to several parts of the world, becoming the hope for thousands of needy patients in countries including UAE, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, Pakistan, Tanzania, Eritrea, Indonesia and Egypt.
The initiative has made valuable contributions to various areas of community services and volunteering, including health, education, environment and culture.
Over the past few years, the initiative has attracted thousands of volunteers to reach out to millions of people in Arab and African countries who have benefited from its various voluntary and humanitarian programmes.
