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...
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...
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...
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,...
The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom, accompanied by WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari visited the International Humanitarian City (IHC) In Dubai, where the CEO of IHC Mr. Giuseppe Saba along with IHC Senior staff members and the staff members of WHO hub in Dubai were present, during the visit...
Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, upon request of the humanitarian community, has ordered two emergency aid flights to transport much needed aid to both Ethiopia and Sudan. The International Humanitarian City in Dubai (IHC) facilitated two Boeing 747 cargo flights, made available upon directions from His...
Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, upon request of the humanitarian community, has ordered an aid flight to transport much needed aid to volcano-hit Goma in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The International Humanitarian City in Dubai (IHC) has charted the aid flight which left Dubai from...
Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has ordered an aid flight to transport much needed cholera kits from the World Health Organization’s logistics hub in Dubai to Bangladesh to assist the country in combating an escalating cholera outbreak. Under His Highness’s directives, the International Humanitarian City (IHC)...
International Humanitarian City in Dubai and Emirates SkyCargo has set up a humanitarian airbridge between Dubai and India to transport urgent medical and relief items, to support India in its fight to control the serious COVID-19 situation in the country. Emirates will offer cargo capacity free of charge on an “as available” basis on all of its flights to India, to...
5 members awarded IHC Award for outstanding contribution to humanity The International Humanitarian City in Dubai (IHC) hosted today its fifth Annual Members Global Meeting (MGM 2021). The IHC community consists of 87 members, including humanitarian agencies, UN and nonprofit organizations as well as commercial companies. The Annual Members Global Meeting is an opportunity to bring together the diverse humanitarian ecosystem...