{"id":259073,"date":"2016-10-17T13:01:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T13:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=259073"},"modified":"2016-10-17T13:01:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T13:01:23","slug":"dubais-emir-flies-more-than-250000-of-aid-to-haiti-in-his-private-jet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/dubais-emir-flies-more-than-250000-of-aid-to-haiti-in-his-private-jet\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai&#8217;s Emir flies more than \u00a3250,000 of aid to Haiti in his private jet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Emir of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Dubai\">Dubai<\/a> has flown \u00a3300,000 of emergency supplies to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Haiti\">Haiti<\/a> on his private jet.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum\u00a0sent 90 tonnes of emergency supplies in his\u00a0Boeing 747 to the Caribbean island in the wake of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/hurricane-matthew\">Hurricane Matthew<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Around 300,000 Haitians have been forced by the tropical storm to live in temporary shelters after an estimated 1,000 people were killed when it struck the poor country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HHShkMohd\">@HHShkMohd<\/a>&#8216;s directives,Princess Haya personally oversee the distribution of relief supplies in Haiti following Hurricane Matthew <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S5Ac8Wosn7\">pic.twitter.com\/S5Ac8Wosn7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DXBMediaOffice\/status\/786919260673236992\">October 14, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Haiti is still reeling from the effects of the 2010 earthquake and an ongoing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/haiti-health-experts-race-to-stop-cholera-outbreak-in-aftermath-of-hurricane-matthew-world-health-a7361916.html\">cholera outbreak<\/a> which has killed around 10,000 people so far.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/mediaoffice.ae\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dubai government<\/a>, the Sheikh&#8217;s wife, Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, personally oversaw the relief mission which included tents, mosquito nets, medical supplies and water purification units.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations has stated 1.4 million people in Haiti require urgent assistance appealing for $120 million (\u00a398 million) in funds to help the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n<p>Princess Haya wrote in an Instagram post: &#8220;One image will forever be in mind, when I think of Haiti. I have seen in 2010, the devastation caused, and it was only because I was on an IHC envoy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The same cargo plane I came in today. Again today lives have been erased.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is all about what the country needs, but to a certain extent, it is also about what is given.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She praised the humanitarian actions of her husband the emir and the United Allied Emirates despite the wars and fighting currently besieging the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The daughter of King Hussein of Jordan, Princess Haya added: &#8220;We, as Arabs, should be bankrupt. We fight on every front, and we have our own to feed and shelter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But please, if I can just tell you the sense of humility I knew because my country the UAE had given and my people the Jordanians are there fighting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Indepedent.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Emir of Dubai has flown \u00a3300,000 of emergency supplies toHaiti on his private jet. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum\u00a0sent 90 tonnes of emergency supplies in his\u00a0Boeing 747 to the Caribbean island in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. 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