In 2007, Sheikh Khalifa established Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation. Its vision is: pioneering initiatives for welfare and its strategies are focused on health and education on domestic, regional and global scales.
Since it was founded, more than 80 countries have received help from the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation. The fund took long-term approach by financing and implementing sustainable development projects, targeting the disadvantaged and the poor in many countries to reduce unemployment and provide job opportunities.
Some achievements include:
- Completion of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Bridge on the Swat River in Pakistan in 2013 after a crossing was washed away in floods. At 448 metres long and 10.7 metres wide, the bridge is the largest in the region and serves as a main route for the residents, where it links 15 cities and 45 villages around the Swat Valley.
- Helping 1,954 low-income pilgrims to travel to Mecca since 2008 in collaboration with the embassies of other countries.
- Investing AED 550 million in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Building for Personalised Cancer Care in Houston, Texas in 2011. The building houses Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Institute for Personalised Cancer Therapy and Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Centre for Pancreatic Cancer Research.
- Offering 13 honorary fellowships to support education in oncology.
- Funding the establishment of Emirates Hospital in Pakistan with a cost of USD 108 million.
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