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HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE STAND UP & TAKE ACTION CAMPAIGN 2009!

Food Donations:

Food items that you can collect include rice, sugar, flour and canned foods. The food items require a minimum validity period of one year.When you have collected the food items, please fill in the donor form and hand it over to your nearest IAHV/AOL volunteer or deliver it directly to the Red Crescent Office.

These items will be distributed by UAE Red Crescent along with volunteers from IAHV and Art of Living to deserving individuals and families listed with them in the UAE.
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Thousands across the UAE stand up against poverty and hunger




On October 16th, 17th & 18th 2009, 64,641 people in the UAE from schools, universities, workplaces, community groups and families stood up in support of the world’s underprivileged.

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The Millennium Development Goals
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In 2000, heads of 189 nations came together at the United Nations Millennium Summit to commit to work together to end poverty and to build a safer, more prosperous and equitable world for all by 2015. This pledge of theirs gave birth to eight Millennium Development Goals (MDG's).

The current economic climate threatens to undo and possibly even reverse the very significant gains that have been made towards achieving the MDGs. Already we are seeing the potentially devastating impact of this on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable.

With just six years left to the 2015 deadline for the achievement of the Goals, we cannot afford to let this happen. The achievement of the MDGs must remain a priority on the global political and public agenda.
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