UAE Water Aid (Suqia)
UAE Water Aid (Suqia) operates as a nonprofit under the umbrella of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI). It fundraises to provide potable water solutions to communities suffering from water scarcity worldwide, runs youth eduction programmes in the UAE, and promotes innovative solutions through the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award. To date, it has impacted the lives of more than 13 million people in 37 countries.
- Organisation type Nonprofit
- Year founded 2015
- Headquartered Dubai
- Registration United Arab Emirates
- Website https://www.suqia.ae
Related sustainable development goals
Impact
37 countries
1,000+ water projects
14.9 million lives impacted
Focus areas
Focus sectors
Agriculture
- Irrigation and water management
Development
- Sustainable development
Education
- Elementary and secondary education
Environment
- Water resources
- Natural resources
- Humanitarian
Focus populations
- Internally displaced people
- Low-income people
- Refugees and displaced people
- Students
- Widows
- Working poor
Focus geographies
Africa
- Benin
- Botswana
- Tanzania
Middle East
- United Arab Emirates
Partners
- Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
- Emirates Red Crescent
- Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian & Charity Est.
Programmes
Carbon Ambassadors Programme (CAP)
This is a youth engagement programme launched by DEWA with support from the UNDP, and in cooperation with the Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence (Dubai Carbon). CAP is designed to influence and guide the younger generation in the fields of Green Economy and Low Carbon Development.
Hands in the Field
A volunteering initiative giving partner employees the chance to visit field projects.
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award
This is a US$1m global award to find sustainable solutions to water scarcity. The biennial Award encourages leading corporations, research centres, institutions, the youth and innovators from across the world to find sustainable and innovative solutions to the problem of water scarcity.
The award supports R&D to develop new and innovative technologies for production, desalination and purification of water using renewable energy. It further elevates the UAE’s role in enabling innovating solutions for challenges faced by poor and crisis-inflicted communities worldwide.
Read about the previous winners here.Ramadan campaigns
Supporting local communities and promoting volunteerism.
Water infrastructure
UAE Water Aid works with local partners to build a variety of water supply and infrastructure services. These include water purification stations, wells, coolers, distribution networks, and sanitation facilities.
Water: The Global Passport
In collaboration with DEWA and Surge, UAE Water Aid ran “Water: The Global Passport”, an interactive educational water conservation awareness programme. Participating students learn about the water crisis and ways to conserve their local water resources through hands-on educational games and activities.
Designed for primary age children, in 2017-2018, the programme reached 5,067 students from 28 schools.
Financials
Funding model
- Foundation-administered programme awards
Primary funders
- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives
Funding source
- Fundraising
- Private
- Royal
Operations
Board members
- Ahmed Ali Murad
- Arif Sultan Al Hammadi
- Fahad Abdulrahman Bin Sultan
- Mohammed Abdulkareem Alshamsi
- Nasser Mohammed Lootah
- Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer
- Sultan Mohammed Al Shamsi
- Waleed Ali Salman
Contact details
- +971-4-6019999
- info@suqia.ae
- https://www.suqia.ae
- UAE Water Aid Foundation (Suqia UAE) Office, Ground Floor DEWA Head Office , AlGarhoud, Dubai, UAE
More
Resources
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award Third Cycle Impact Report (published June 2023) lists all the winners of the latest round of the prize. Read more