Fathers' Endowment campaign

Aligned with the announcement by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, designating 2025 as the 'Year of the Community' under the theme 'Hand in Hand,' His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has launched the 'Fathers' Endowment' initiative, following a tradition of announcing charity and humanitarian initiatives coinciding with the holy month of Ramadan.

The campaign aims to honor fathers in the UAE by establishing AED 1 billion endowment fund to provide sustainable healthcare to the poor and needy.

It builds upon previous charitable efforts introduced during Ramadan.

Falling under the umbrella of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI), the campaign reinforces the UAE's status as a global hub for generosity and humanitarian work.

Vision

The 'Fathers' Endowment' campaign is inspired by the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, for promoting sustainable humanitarian and charitable work within a comprehensive institutional framework.
The campaign seeks to make every effort to assist people in underprivileged communities, empowering them to live with dignity and meet their basic needs, with a particular focus on providing sustainable healthcare.

Mission

The 'Fathers' Endowment' campaign reflects the UAE's strategy for humanitarian and charitable work, with a focus on empowering underprivileged communities worldwide to access sustainable healthcare, which is of utmost importance in improving societal conditions.

The campaign enhances the UAE's position in the field of charity and humanitarian work by establishing a sustainable endowment that ensures healthcare for impoverished and needy people unable to afford the cost of healthcare, reinforcing the noble values of generosity, solidarity, and deep humanitarian connection with people around the globe, while actively competing in global charitable initiatives.

The 'Fathers' Endowment' campaign embodies the UAE's long-term vision for charity, aiming to sustain its philanthropic philosophy and its strong commitment to supporting underprivileged individuals and communities as sustainable healthcare plays a key role in social stability, development, and trust in the future.

Objectives

  • To honour fathers in the UAE, by allowing people to donate in their names to the Fathers' Endowment
  • To provide sustainable healthcare to the poor and needy to change their lives for better.
  • To promote the values of honouring parents, kindness, compassion and solidarity between community members.
  • To enhance the UAE's position in charity and humanitarian work through the establishment of a sustainable endowment that ensures healthcare for underprivileged communities.
  • To further establish the noble values for which the UAE is known, including giving, generosity, human solidarity and the active participation in charity drives.
  • To advance the concept of charity endowment by focusing on the empowerment of underprivileged communities and individuals through sustainable healthcare.
  • To create a widespread social movement to support the Fathers' Endowment campaign and contribute to its objective of providing sustainable healthcare to impoverished and needy individuals who cannot afford the cost of healthcare.

Q & A

The Fathers' Endowment campaign, launched under the umbrella of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) aims to honour fathers in the UAE, and establish AED 1 Billion endowment fund, to provide sustainable healthcare for the poor and needy.

It also aims to provide sustainable healthcare to people in underprivileged communities by developing hospitals, increasing their capacity, providing necessary medical equipment, securing medicines and treatments, upgrading operating rooms, and enhancing the skills of medical staff.

Institutions, businesses, businessmen and individuals across all segments of the society are invited to contribute to the Fathers' Endowment campaign.

This allows wider participation in this sustainable act of generosity, further solidifying the UAE's position as the capital of humanitarian work.

Cash contributions will be accepted to the Fathers' Endowment campaign, in line with the endowment's mission of providing the poor and needy with sustainable healthcare.

An investment committee operating under MBRGI will be responsible for investing the endowment's revenue.

Endowment is a great way to do good and make a difference. It is also one of the best types of charity, as it keeps on giving as long as the endowment is maintained by investment and operations.

The investment committee will oversee and invest the endowed capital in a way that achieves the highest return on investment. The committee achieves this by focusing on feasible sectors in line with economic growth through a Sharia-compliant contemporary Islamic approach.

This committee creates the necessary processes and regulations in accordance with international best practices, allowing contributions by individuals, institutions, businesses, businessmen and influential philanthropists to enhance the impact of the endowment fund and reach more disadvantaged groups. The committee also works closely with relevant authorities to ensure sound auditing of the endowment.

It is responsible for annually allocating proceeds of the endowment towards fulfilling the campaign’s objective of providing sustainable healthcare to the poor and needy.

You can contact the Fathers' Endowment campaign team through the dedicated call center on 8004999, or via email listed at the website Fathersfund.ae.

The Fathers' Endowment campaign call center welcomes calls during the holy month of Ramadan from 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM every day of the week, including weekends.

The Fathers' Endowment campaign welcomes donations through 6 official channels:

1. Through the campaign website: www.FathersFund.ae

2. Via SMS

3. Via bank transfers made to the Fathers' Endowment campaign official bank account

4. Through the Fathers' Endowment campaign's dedicated call center:

5. Via DubaiNow app.

6. Via Dubai's community contributions platform Jood "Jood.ae"

For technical assistance related to online donations, please contact the campaign's call center on 8004999

For larger cash donations, please contact the campaign's call center on 8004999 and you will be aided by a dedicated team.

The fund of the Fathers’ Endowment campaign will be used to provide sustainable healthcare for the poor and needy in underprivileged communities worldwide. The funds will support the healthcare system in these communities by developing hospitals, increasing their capacity, providing necessary medical equipment, securing medicines and treatments, upgrading operating rooms, and enhancing the skills of medical staff.