Spreading Hope and Happiness
February 2019 Jumpstart your year with the gift of health and happiness to those who need it most; donate to Al Jalila Foundation’s healthcare programs and help us transform lives. Al Jalila Foundation is underpinned by three pillars: treatment, education and research and everything we do is to improve lives be it through supporting a hopeful patient, an...
December 2018 This 47th National Day once again brought with it a wonderful celebration of unity and harmony that makes all of us feel a part of this great country. By marking UAE National Day, we also honour the legacy of His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Father of the Nation and the first President of the United Arab Emirates and reflect on...
November 2018 This year we celebrated the 4th #PINKtober campaign led by Al Jalila Foundation in partnership with Brest Friends with record breaking participation in the month-long breast cancer awareness campaign. It has been over 20 years since the UAE saw the first blossoms of engagement during Breast Cancer Awareness Month with the pink ribbon emerging...
October 2018 October is here again bringing with it a wonderful outpouring of support from the community eager to do their part to support breast cancer patients in the UAE. We are delighted to see so many new partners come on board who have discovered Al Jalila Foundation’s work, and have been inspired to create #PINKtober events widening our circle of ho...
September 2018 Altruism is good for the soul. Helping others is good for our happiness and well-being. Giving connects us together and creates stronger, happier communities. Giving, and helping others, makes us feel part of something greater than ourselves and gives meaning to our lives. It is inspiring, thrilling and emotionally rewarding to champion a ca...
July 2018 "Our main goal in the UAE is to create hope, life and happiness for everyone". That is the vision of our Founder His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. At Al Jalila Foundation all our efforts are directed toward a common goal – to transform lives through medical researc...
June 2018 Today marks Zayed Humanitarian Day and we celebrate the legacy of Sheikh Zayed who instilled in us the values of compassion, kindness and giving. It is because of our Founding Founder’s love for his people that the UAE has become the great nation that it is today and his timeless principles are woven into the fabric of the United Arab Emirates. W...
May 2018 Ramadan is a time of reflection, spending time with family and most importantly, giving to those who are in need. We consider it a privilege to be in a position where we can make a difference in people’s lives. Nothing makes us happier than to receive an email that says, “My son has a chance at life”; the smile from the young woman who can wal...
April 2018 Thanks to the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Al Jalila Foundation was established to position the UAE at the forefront of medical innovation with research as the bedrock of our strategy. At Al Jalila Foundation we consider it a great honour, to be part ...
March 2018 March started with World Hearing Day on the 3rd and we are delighted to share another success story of one of the programs closest to our heart Ana Asma’a. Read all about little Mohammed’s transformation from silence to joy. Today, on International Women's Day, we celebrate women all over the world and we commend their progress in society, esp...