Dubai: Sheikh Mohammed announces award of Dh1 million in 5th edition of 'hope makers'
Dubai's Ruler declared the fifth instalment of the "Hope Maker's" contest which honours people based on their humanitarian contribution to the community on Sunday.
Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum took to social media to specify the qualification criteria for each participant, and to invite individuals to nominate themselves and others to be the ‘hope maker’.
‘The human being lives with hope and societies live in life because of hope. What’s hardest is a little easier under hope. If someone makes dismal and hopeless things go around in our country, we make hopeful and hopeful things go around," the ruler wrote.
‘There are persons in every village and city who have worked so hard to make a hope for their societies, to make a goodness for their nations and for the people of their neighbours. We look for them so that we can remember them, celebrate them, and set examples for all of us. "Gracefully we begin a new generation of ‘Hope Makers’, looking for them in every village, every community, every neighbourhood to honor them and give people hope," Sheikh Mohammed continued.
The qualifications are as follows:
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Real world experience: The candidate should have worked in any kind of humanitarian/community service.
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Competencies: The person has to have a bright mind.
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Language: It is imperative that the individual be able to speak, read and write the language of giving.
"Anyone, who thinks that someone or others is good may suggest themselves or others on the web site http://arabhopemakers.com" — according to the Ruler.
"We pray to God that He would always lead us in bringing hope, happiness and the hope of the brighter future to our region which is hurting a lot" said the head.
The organiser posted a touching video of past recipients who did so much good in the world.
Past winners
In 2017, Nawal Al Soufi of Morocco — the man who saved more than 200,000 refugees — was named the Arab Hope Maker.
Egypt’s Mahmoud Wahid was the Arab Hope Maker in 2018, for sheltering homeless elderly people on the streets of Cairo.
2020: The Emirati Ahmed Al Falasi was crowned the winner for his project setting up state-of-the-art kidney dialysis centres and incubators in Mombasa, Kenya.
In 2024, an Iraqi pharmacist named Tala Al Khalil who treats hundreds of children with cancer and children with willpower was named the winner of the prize. A total of 3 other finalists received Dh1 million each to carry on humanitarian efforts.
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