Muslim philanthropy fund for children to implement $12.1mn projects in Bangladesh, Jordan and Pakistan

Muslim philanthropy fund for children to implement $12.1mn projects in Bangladesh, Jordan and Pakistan

JEDDAH — Funded the Global Muslim Philanthropy Fund for Children (GMPFC), projects worth $12.1 million will be implemented in partnership with UNICEF, for refugee children in Bangladesh, Jordan, and Pakistan.The heads of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), and Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund held a virtual meeting this week to approve the first batch of projects funded by the GMPFC, which was launched at the UN General Assembly in September 2019.The Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund and KSrelief are the GMPFC's first donors and have contributed $10 million and $9.2 million, respectively to launch the fund's operations.According to the agreement, KSrelief will fund lifesaving healthcare for children and women, in addition to providing nutrition support for children under the age of five, and pregnant and nursing mothers in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, where around 1.2 million Rohingya refugees and the local population need humanitarian assistance.As for funding from the Abdul Al Aziz Al Ghurair