BIG HEART AWARD

BIG HEART AWARD

Jawaher Al Qasimi: These efforts are a much-needed reminder that the world is still fundamentally a good place with good people. The Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF) in Yemen has won the first Sharjah International Award for Refugee Advocacy and Support. The award’s organising committee declared the winners the Best Humanitarian Foundation in MENA Region in recognition of its efforts in supporting refugees in their hour of need and providing them with an environment that alleviates their suffering in the most devastating times in the harshest conditions. The award is under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and His Highness’s Wife, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Eminent Advocate for Refugee Children. The award is organised by TBHF, a Sharjah-based global humanitarian charity dedicated to helping refugees and people in need worldwide, in collaboration with the UNHCR. It aims to recognise and pay tribute to those who have made distinguished humanitarian efforts to anyone seeking refugee and displaced families in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. The SDF will receive US$ 100,000 to help continue its humanitarian efforts. The foundation will be honoured at a special ceremony to be held in Sharjah on May 7, 2017. TBHF will promote SDF’s efforts to support and advocate refugees among local and international media and organisations relevant to refugees and humanitarian action.

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