UAE Water Aid Foundation (Suqia) said it has launched over 60 infrastructure development projects across the globe in partnership with Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Charity and Humanitarian Establishment and the Emirates Red Crescent.

UAE Water Aid Foundation (Suqia) said it has launched over 60 infrastructure development projects including setting up of water plants, wells, and desalination plants across the globe.

The key focus countries included Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Mauritania, Somalia, Thailand, Djibouti, the Philippines, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin, Mali, Somalia, Egypt, Sudan, China, and Iraq.

Upon completion, these projects are expected to serve over 250,000 people, said a statement from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa).

The work was done in co-operation with Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Charity and Humanitarian Establishment and the Emirates Red Crescent, it stated.

"At Suqia, we are committed to achieving one of the key objectives set by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives foundation, which is to combat poverty and disease by contributing to finding permanent and sustainable solutions to water scarcity around the world," remarked Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, the chairman of the board of trustees of Suqia.

"We do this by conducting research and studies to develop innovative and affordable technologies to help millions of people around the world who suffer from shortages, scarcity, in addition to providing water to millions of the needy around the world," said Al Tayer, who is also the managing director and chief executive of Dewa.

He was addressing the third meeting of the Suqia board of trustees in Dubai to discuss the charity projects for 2017.-TradeArabia News Service