Mohammed bin Rashid Global Initiatives

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rdf:langString The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) is a philanthropic foundation based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). MBRGI was launched in 2015, consolidating some 33 philanthropic initiatives undertaken by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, over the past two and more decades. During 2017, the Foundation invested AED 1.8 billion (US$490 million). The foundation has 543 permanent staff. The entities under MBRGI work to a stated goal of providing humanitarian relief, charity and development, as well as spreading hope through projects that enhance people’s lives, contribute to societal progress, and establish a more stable and advanced human future, especially in the Arab world. Recent initiatives undertaken by MBRGI include the 'One Million Arab Coders' project, which aims to extend free coding training to a million young people across the Arab world; the Arab Reading Challenge which, and the Arabic eLearning Challenge, which saw volunteers translate 5,000 maths and science online learning videos into Arabic. That effort led to the launch of Madrasa, a platform to make the content available to Arabic-speaking students.