Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, today announced the launch of the ‘One Billion Meals’ endowment project to secure food aid for vulnerable communities.

In Islam, an endowment (Waqf) is an ongoing act of goodness, such as a charity project that supplies water from a well, for example. “A little lasting contribution is better than a significant amount that is eventually cut off. May Allah guide us all towards all that is good and protect our nation from all that is evil,” Sheikh Mohammed said in the tweet.

Through an integrated food supply ecosystem, the One Billion Meals project aims to provide sustainable food aid to underserved populations, as part of the UAE’s contributions to global efforts.