List of UAE charities

Emirates Red Crescent Society

Website: www.rcuae.ae

Contact number: 800733

Founded in 1983, the ERCS carries out a number of charitable programmes inside UAE and abroad including in Palestine, Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan, and Kosovo. It welcomes volunteers.

Khalifa Foundation

Website: www.khalifafoundation.ae

Contact number: 028855555

Established in 2007 by President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the foundation’s official mandate is to carry out welfare projects in areas of health and education locally and globally.


The Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation

Website: www.zayed.org.ae

Contact number: 026577577

Founded in 1992 with an endowment of $1 million for charitable projects inside and outside the UAE by the Shaikh Zayed, the founding father of the UAE, the organisation has spent more than Dh1 billion on its aid projects.

 

Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation

Website: www.mbrfoundation.ae

Contact number: 044233444

Launched in 2007 by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, its stated goal is to empower future generations to create knowledge-based societies by funding research projects and initiatives.

The group’s projects include the creation of the Dubai Digital Library, an online free resource containing thousands of Arabic books covering a multiple range of topics, Dubai International Programme for Writing and Bil Arabi Programme.

Zakat Fund

Website: www.zakatfund.gov.ae

number: 8008222

The Zakat Fund was created in 2003 by Shaikh Zayed and is a public body that officially collects Zakat donations in the UAE. It’s charitable projects provide for widows, orphans, unemployed persons, the elderly, and the disabled.

Al Maktoum Foundation

Website: www.hamdanfd.ae

Contact number: 043988668

Launched in 1997 by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Deputy Ruler and Minister of Finance, the group has carried out charitable programmes in more than 69 countries.

Locally, the Foundation has spent more than Dh100 million.

Dar Al Ber Society

Website: www.daralber.ae

Contact number: 60057552

One of the first charities to be established in the UAE, Dar Al Ber was established in 1979, and since then the charity has carried out several charitable and development programmes around the world and locally.

Beit Al Kheir Society

Website: www.baitalkhair.org

Contact number: 042675555

Founded in 1989 with a mandate of helping Emirati citizens. The charitable organisation has Wa number of programmes to help widows, orphans, hospital patients, families of prisoners, debtors, and special needs people.

Dubai Charity Association

Website: www.dubaicharity.ae

Contact number: 042083999

Originally under the name of Al Arwa Al Wathaq in 1980, it has been undertaking projects inside and outside the UAE.

 

Dubai Cares

Website: www.dubaicares.ae

number: 044504550

Established by Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid in 2007, the group currently has projects in 45 countries. Volunteers are welcomed to assist with its worldwide projects.

Noor Dubai

www.noordubai.ae

number: 800633

Established by Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid in 2008, the organisation’s main target is to eliminate preventable eye diseases and has carried out several global projects reaching millions of people.

Dubai Foundation for Women and Children

Website: www.dfwac.ae

Contact number: 046060300

Established in 2007, it works to prevent violence against women and children, and is also the first licensed shelter in the UAE for female and children victims of violence.

 

Fujairah Welfare Association

Website: www.alkhairia.com

Contact number: 092221530

Established in 1987, it carries out charitable projects in the field of emergency aid, development, health, and education.

 

Al Ihsan Charity 
Association

Website: www.alihsan.ae

Contact number: 067457451

Officially founded in 1990, it helps orphans, low-income families, and redistributes clothes and furniture to poor people.

 

Al Qasimi Foundation

Website: www.alqasimifoundation.come

Contact number: 072338060

Established in 2009 by Shaikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qassimi, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah and UAE Supremer Council Member, the non-profit organisation enhances social, cultural, and economic development of Ras Al Khaimah.

 

Gulf for Good

Website: www.gulf4good.org

Contact number: 043680222

 

Gulf for Good was established in 2001 by Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chief Operating Executive and Chairman of Emirates Airline and Group.

The charitable organisation provides charity in a unique and exciting way by raising funds through adventure challenges. The funds from these adventures are then donated to chosen charity groups in the country of where the adventure challenge was carried out.

 

 

Takatof

Website: www.takatof.ae

Contact number: 8252863

 

Takatof is a volunteer group that was established in 2007 under the Emirates Foundation. Volunteers with Takatof take part in a number of public service programmes to help those in the community.

- Compiled by Sami Zataari,

Staff Reporter

Emirates Red Crescent Society

Website: www.rcuae.ae

Contact number: 800733

Founded in 1983, the ERCS carries out a number of charitable programmes inside UAE and abroad including in Palestine, Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan, and Kosovo. It welcomes volunteers.

Khalifa Foundation

Website: www.khalifafoundation.ae

Contact number: 028855555

Established in 2007 by President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the foundation’s official mandate is to carry out welfare projects in areas of health and education locally and globally.


The Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation

Website: www.zayed.org.ae

Contact number: 026577577

Founded in 1992 with an endowment of $1 million for charitable projects inside and outside the UAE by the Shaikh Zayed, the founding father of the UAE, the organisation has spent more than Dh1 billion on its aid projects.

 

Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation

Website: www.mbrfoundation.ae

Contact number: 044233444

Launched in 2007 by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, its stated goal is to empower future generations to create knowledge-based societies by funding research projects and initiatives.

The group’s projects include the creation of the Dubai Digital Library, an online free resource containing thousands of Arabic books covering a multiple range of topics, Dubai International Programme for Writing and Bil Arabi Programme.

Zakat Fund

Website: www.zakatfund.gov.ae

number: 8008222

The Zakat Fund was created in 2003 by Shaikh Zayed and is a public body that officially collects Zakat donations in the UAE. It’s charitable projects provide for widows, orphans, unemployed persons, the elderly, and the disabled.

Al Maktoum Foundation

Website: www.hamdanfd.ae

Contact number: 043988668

Launched in 1997 by Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Deputy Ruler and Minister of Finance, the group has carried out charitable programmes in more than 69 countries.

Locally, the Foundation has spent more than Dh100 million.

Dar Al Ber Society

Website: www.daralber.ae

Contact number: 60057552

One of the first charities to be established in the UAE, Dar Al Ber was established in 1979, and since then the charity has carried out several charitable and development programmes around the world and locally.

Beit Al Kheir Society

Website: www.baitalkhair.org

Contact number: 042675555

Founded in 1989 with a mandate of helping Emirati citizens. The charitable organisation has Wa number of programmes to help widows, orphans, hospital patients, families of prisoners, debtors, and special needs people.

Dubai Charity Association

Website: www.dubaicharity.ae

Contact number: 042083999

Originally under the name of Al Arwa Al Wathaq in 1980, it has been undertaking projects inside and outside the UAE.

 

Dubai Cares

Website: www.dubaicares.ae

number: 044504550

Established by Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid in 2007, the group currently has projects in 45 countries. Volunteers are welcomed to assist with its worldwide projects.

Noor Dubai

www.noordubai.ae

number: 800633

Established by Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid in 2008, the organisation’s main target is to eliminate preventable eye diseases and has carried out several global projects reaching millions of people.

Dubai Foundation for Women and Children

Website: www.dfwac.ae

Contact number: 046060300

Established in 2007, it works to prevent violence against women and children, and is also the first licensed shelter in the UAE for female and children victims of violence.

 

Fujairah Welfare Association

Website: www.alkhairia.com

Contact number: 092221530

Established in 1987, it carries out charitable projects in the field of emergency aid, development, health, and education.

 

Al Ihsan Charity 
Association

Website: www.alihsan.ae

Contact number: 067457451

Officially founded in 1990, it helps orphans, low-income families, and redistributes clothes and furniture to poor people.

 

Al Qasimi Foundation

Website: www.alqasimifoundation.come

Contact number: 072338060

Established in 2009 by Shaikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qassimi, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah and UAE Supremer Council Member, the non-profit organisation enhances social, cultural, and economic development of Ras Al Khaimah.

 

Gulf for Good

Website: www.gulf4good.org

Contact number: 043680222

 

Gulf for Good was established in 2001 by Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chief Operating Executive and Chairman of Emirates Airline and Group.

The charitable organisation provides charity in a unique and exciting way by raising funds through adventure challenges. The funds from these adventures are then donated to chosen charity groups in the country of where the adventure challenge was carried out.

 

 

Takatof

Website: www.takatof.ae

Contact number: 8252863

 

Takatof is a volunteer group that was established in 2007 under the Emirates Foundation. Volunteers with Takatof take part in a number of public service programmes to help those in the community.

- Compiled by Sami Zataari,

Staff Reporter

source: GULF NEWS