Airlifts

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08 May 2023

Aid for People Affected by the Conflict in Sudan: Dubai’s International Humanitarian City Facilitates Relief Airlift

8 May 2023, Dubai, UAE – A comprehensive airlift of around 80 metric tons of aid supplies for those affected by the crisis in Sudan left Dubai’s International Humanitarian City (IHC), the world’s largest humanitarian hub, on Monday evening. Essential aid supplies from UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency’s Global Stockpile, were shipped from the warehouses of the IHC. Following the directives...

IHC-News-A COORDINATED EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE FROM DUBAI'S INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN CITY (IHC) TO THE EARTHQUAKE DISASTER IN SYRIA AND TURKIYE
10 Mar 2023

A COORDINATED EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE FROM DUBAI’S INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN CITY (IHC) TO THE EARTHQUAKE DISASTER IN SYRIA AND TURKIYE

67 aid shipments with a total value of approximately USD 13 Million in response to the earthquake in Turkiye and Syria from the community of the International Humanitarian City in Dubai The IHC facilitated two airbridges of 13 airlifts through its own Global Humanitarian Impact Fund (GHIF) and in partnership with Emirates IHC transported items for its members, including the World Health...

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08 Feb 2023

Dubai International Humanitarian City and World Health Organization Join Forces to Aid Earthquake-stricken Turkiye and Syria

IHC airlifts WHO health kits, medical equipment and other relief aid to Turkiye and Syria from Dubai warehouses following the deadly earthquakes IHC airlifts 37 tons of relief aid to Turkiye through Istanbul The cost of the aid operation is funded through the IHC’s Global Humanitarian Impact Fund (GHIF) IHC commits to its role in rapidly coordinating humanitarian emergency response 08 February 2023,...

Emergency humanitarian aid dispatched from Dubai’s International Humanitarian City following deadly attacks in Somalia
08 Nov 2022

Emergency humanitarian aid dispatched from Dubai’s International Humanitarian City following deadly attacks in Somalia

IHC airlifts WHO trauma kits and medical equipment to Somalia from Dubai warehouses following attacks that left more than 120 dead and 300 injured, reaching 55,000 beneficiaries 60% of the cost of the operation was funded through the IHC’s Global Humanitarian Impact Fund (GHIF), which mobilizes resources from across the private and public sectors IHC’s swift response to humanitarian crises affirms its...

DUBAI’S INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN CITY SWIFTLY RESPONDS TO HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SUDAN IHC-News
08 Sep 2022

DUBAI’S INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN CITY SWIFTLY RESPONDS TO HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SUDAN

IHC is responding to multiple emergencies following directives of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Two simultaneous humanitarian air bridges in partnership with UN agencies and the IFRC have deployed life-saving aid from Dubai to countries ravished by crises, within hours. Sudan is the third destination reached by IHC this week following Libya and Pakistan. 08 September 2022, Dubai, UAE – Additional aid has been...

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06 Sep 2022

INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN CITY FACILITATES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION’S EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN LIBYA

Dubai’s International Humanitarian City (IHC) boosted global emergency response efforts this week, transporting more than 24 tons of relief items to Libya for the World Health Organization (WHO).  The WHO’s medical logistics hub is housed within the IHC. A cargo plane filled with vital medicines and relief supplies left Dubai earlier today for Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi. The aid will...

AID to Pakistan
06 Sep 2022

First Aid Plane Takes Off from Dubai to Pakistan

Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the first aid plane took off from Dubai’s International Humanitarian City (IHC) warehouses, heading towards Pakistan and carrying urgent aid and humanitarian relief items to victims of the deadly floods that drowned a third of Pakistan,...

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28 Jun 2022

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Orders Urgent Facilitation of Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan in Response to Deadly Earthquake

28/06/2022, Dubai, UAE – Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, upon the request of the international humanitarian community and the World Health Organisation (WHO), has ordered the facilitation of emergency aid flights to transport life-saving humanitarian assistance to Kabul, following a 5.9 magnitude earthquake...

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17 Mar 2022

Mohammed bin Rashid orders the airlift of emergency humanitarian aid to support civilians fleeing the conflict in Ukraine

Government of Dubai Media Office – 17 March 2022: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has ordered two emergency humanitarian relief flights to support civilians fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. Under His Highness’s directives, the two flights transporting essential relief departed from Dubai and Sharjah airports....

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24 Oct 2021

Ruler of Dubai orders humanitarian air-bridge to Sudan in support of WHO operations

Dubai, UAE: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has ordered an emergency humanitarian air-bridge to Sudan, transporting essential medical supplies in response to the evolving health emergency and in support of ongoing operations of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the Country. The International Humanitarian City in Dubai...

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