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...
26 April 2023 – Dubai, United Arab Emirates – The International Humanitarian City (IHC) organized a panel discussion to showcase the success and impact of IHC over the past 20 years in supporting the global humanitarian community. The event was held during the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW 2023) in Geneva. Established in 2003, the IHC has played a significant role...
22 March 2023 -Dubai, UAE – On the occasion of World Water Day, the International Humanitarian City in Dubai, in collaboration with its community, organized a roundtable aimed at raising awareness of the need to ensure access to clean and safe water for all people around the world, and the efforts deployed by the international humanitarian community in...
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...
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,...
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...
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