Princess Haya as UN WFP's Goodwill Ambassador


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Princess Haya is WFP's Goodwill Ambassador

DUBAI - Princess Haya bint Al Hussein, the daughter of late King Hussein of Jordan and wife of General Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defence Minister, will join the United Nations World Food Programme as a Goodwill Ambassador in the global effort against hunger. An announcement to this effect was made in Dubai yesterday.

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/Display...ber/theuae_October479.xml&section=theuae&col=

 
Picture from the press conference by Al Bayan
 

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Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein arrives, 28 December 2005, at a food distribution centre in the Chiradzulu district, Malawi, on her first assignement as UN World Food Programme goodwill ambassador

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thanx fanletizia for posting those pictures

good work Princess Haya .
 
I guess I missed that part, but when did Haya become goodwill ambassador for the UN World Food Program? That is so great that she is doing this. Thanks for the pictures, fanletizia.
 

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Princess Haya urges world community to reach out to the hungry in Malawi

Dec.28/(Petra)-- As the Goodwill Ambassador for the UN World Food Program(WFP), Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, who is wife of UAE Heir Apparent and Defense Minister Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashed Al Maktum on Wednesday made her first field visit meeting some of the nearly 5 million people in Malawi threatened by severe food shortages and witnessing their struggle for survival. During her one-day visit, Princess Haya attended a food distribution in Chiradzulu District, one of the hardest-hit in the south, and visited Malawi's biggest hospital, where mothers bring their children for treatment, often walking miles in the hope of rescuing them from life- threatening malnutrition. "I have talked to several families who are receiving assistance from WFP, but the people of Chiradzulu are fighting silently for their survival, and I hope that my visit today will help carry their voice to my part of the world and beyond," said Princess Haya. WFP is assisting more than 225,000 people in Chiradzulu, or 80% of the population. But because of extreme poverty and the ravages of HIV/AIDS, people are unable to find alternative sources of food and this year's bad harvest has triggered unusually high malnutrition rates. In Chiradzulu District, Princess Haya also visited a primary school that has served as a distribution point since August for hundreds of food insecure families, which each month receive a ration of 50 kilograms of maize, 10 kilograms of pulses and a litre of oil. More than 900 students at the school are included in an emergency school feeding programme, which will start in January and will double the number of children being reached nationally. The programme will help reduce the significant numbers of school dropouts caused by hunger. "Poverty is often only a file on someone's desk until they are confronted with its realities," said Princess Haya. "It is unforgivable that, in this day and age, people are still living under such dire circumstances and are suffering from extreme hunger and poverty." The newly appointed WFP Goodwill Ambassador also visited Moyo House, Malawi's largest therapeutic feeding centre, where severely malnourished children receive treatment and food aid. "These children are fighting for their lives, and what stands between them and death is a nutritious meal that their mothers cannot afford, but we certainly can," Princess Haya said. WFP's mission also involves providing food aid so that other children never reach the stage of acute or severe malnourishment where they need to be taken to facilities such as Moyo House. "The so-called 'lean season' in Malawi is the worst time of year since hunger continues from January until the harvest in March. Even if we have a good harvest, poverty and HIV/AIDS continue to threaten livelihoods for years," said Dom Scalpelli, WFP Country Director in Malawi. "The fact that Princess Haya chose Malawi for her first field visit is very significant to remind the world that the chronic food crisis in Southern Africa needs continuous support until longer-term solutions are found," he said. "Until then, emerging donors for WFP can make a big difference, and one of the best examples are the Gulf States, which provided WFP with US$26 million over the past three years." WFP currently faces a shortfall of US$25 million for its operation in Malawi, and urgently needs vital commodities such as corn-soya blend and vegetable oil for the months ahead. Princess Haya was appointed a WFP Goodwill Ambassador in October, and is the first Arab and the first woman to take up this position. Her appointment was supported by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, making her the second Goodwill Ambassador ever for WFP. Princess Haya also established the first food aid NGO in the Arab world, "Tkiyet Um Ali", a unique initiative she founded in Jordan to provide food aid and social services to the poor. WFP is the world's largest humanitarian agency: each year, we give food to an average of 90 million poor people to meet their nutritional needs, including 61 million hungry children, in at least 80of the world's poorest countries.
http://petra.gov.jo/nepras/2005/Dec/28/29742000.htm
 
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Thanks for the pictures, and its great to see Haya doing this, good work.

She looks really well too...
 
This is a great thing for Haya. Malawi get some attention they surely deserved as they're on the verge of national hunger (and was declared as state of emergency couple months ago).
several pictures from newscom :
 

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She looks fantastic and radiant. She looks great without make up!!! Good to see her highlighting the situation in Malawi.
 
http://www.nationmalawi.com/articles.asp?articleID=14428

Malawi hunger shocks Jordanian princess

Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein of Jordan Thursday said she was shocked with the extent of the food crisis in the country.
Princess Haya was on her first field visit as a United Nations World Food Programme’s Goodwill Ambassador to see the impact of the food crisis in the country.

 
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Princess Haya in Ethiopia

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1 : United Arab Emirates' Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein (L), United Nation's World Food Program Ambassador, plays with a child (R) whose mother is affected by AIDS at a specialist centre in Nazret, Ethiopia February 12, 2006. The World Food Program provides beneficiaries of the centre with food, practical education and health advice through local care givers. The Princess is on a one day tour to Ethiopia to promote World Food Program activities in the country

2-3 : United Arab Emirates' Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein (C), United Nation's World Food Program Ambassador, listens to the explanations of a community leader about a land rehabilitation project sponsored by the World Food Program near Nazret, Ethiopia February 12, 2006. The Princess is on a one day tour to Ethiopia to promote World Food Program activities in the country.


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Thanks purple_platinum. I think Haya makes a perfect ambassador with her extrovert personality. I hope the princess personally promoting this program really makes a difference in these impoverished areas. Kudos to her.
 
http://allafrica.com/stories/200602131321.html

As UN Agency Advocate, Princess Haya Spotlights Hunger in Ethiopia

While travelling to Ethiopia as the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein of Jordan urged the donor community to continue providing food aid for the millions of Ethiopians plagued by hunger.

After visits to WFP projects around the country, Princess Haya said yesterday in the Ethiopia capital of Addis Ababa that food aid was more vital than ever in saving lives and helping millions of people escape poverty.

"In Ethiopia, a combination of complex factors every year leave thousands upon thousands of people struggling to find enough food to eat, clean water to drink and proper medicines to take," said Princess Haya, the agency's second Goodwill Ambassador and the first Arab and first woman to assume the position.
 
I'm confused. How has Haya "come up" since becoming Shk Mo's wife? She's always been involved in charitable causes. She was even competing in endurance riding before meeting him. These are the same things she did before marrying. Now granted she's been named an UN ambassador, but not much else is different. Does making her an ambassador make her accomplished now than before? If so, wow. She's come a long way....:rolleyes: :cool:
 
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sommone said:
I'm confused. How has Haya "come up" since becoming Shk Mo's wife? She's always been involved in charitable causes. She was even competing in endurance riding before meeting him. These are the same things she did before marrying. Now granted she's been named an UN ambassador, but not much else is different. Does making her an ambassador make her accomplished now than before? If so, wow. She's come a long way....:rolleyes: :cool:

when i meant come up (in whatever context) - i meant come up in status, in levels of society. from a princess to a rulers wife.

she competes in endurance riding, but always seems to drop out, even when she races with sheikh mohammed.
 
ZZZ said:
when i meant come up (in whatever context) - i meant come up in status, in levels of society. from a princess to a rulers wife.

she competes in endurance riding, but always seems to drop out, even when she races with sheikh mohammed.


Yes, I understand your use of come up, and that's how I used it in my post. My point is that not much has changed for her since marrying Shk Mohammad. Except for her position as an ambassador to the UN, nothing much has changed for her...as far as accomplishments goes. While it is a priviledge to be able to be apart of something like this, it does't make her more accomplished than before. IMO, it just adds to everything else that she has already done prior to and after she married. Plus, her title hasn't changed. She's still a princess.
 
sommone said:
Yes, I understand your use of come up, and that's how I used it in my post. My point is that not much has changed for her since marrying Shk Mohammad. Except for her position as an ambassador to the UN, nothing much has changed for her...as far as accomplishments goes. While it is a priviledge to be able to be apart of something like this, it does't make her more accomplished than before. IMO, it just adds to everything else that she has already done prior to and after she married. Plus, her title hasn't changed. She's still a princess.

actually, alot has changed, supposedly she is the first arab to be in the UN position - which she repeated numerous times at the press confrence she held.

another thing would be heading up the dubai equestrian club - which as appointed by maktoum, but we all know it was done by mohammed bin rashid (the equestrian club position puts her in the position of her sister princess alia - not just team harmony).

she did not accomplish much before being married, because she was never in jordan to accomplish much, she was to busy jumping around europe behind her trainer. it was only after her fathers death that she finally settled...... in dubai.
 
ZZZ said:
actually, alot has changed, supposedly she is the first arab to be in the UN position - which she repeated numerous times at the press confrence she held.

another thing would be heading up the dubai equestrian club - which as appointed by maktoum, but we all know it was done by mohammed bin rashid (the equestrian club position puts her in the position of her sister princess alia - not just team harmony).

she did not accomplish much before being married, because she was never in jordan to accomplish much, she was to busy jumping around europe behind her trainer. it was only after her fathers death that she finally settled...... in dubai.


Well it appears she's proud about being the first Arab to be in a UN position. What's wrong with that? Many of groups of people are always happy about being the "first" in something or another. Forgot about the equestrian club position. :eek: Also, Haya was pursuing a dream that apparently she had for a long time. I can't see how it would be a problem for anyone to follow there dreams.:confused:

IMO, she did accomplish a lot before marrying. However, maybe you missed or tend to ignore the things she did while she was in Jordan, and while being abroad. I'm too lazy, and that is really sad, to go search and type up information about the things she has done before marrying.:D Some people make the situation seem as if being married to Shk Mohammad has made her somehow.:confused: While she may have gained a few positions she didn't have at first, Haya was well known before becoming married, and her list of accomplishments prior to marrying speak for themselves.:cool:
 
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Well it appears she's proud about being the first Arab to be in a UN position. What's wrong with that? Many of groups of people are always happy about being the "first" in something or another. Forgot about the equestrian club position. :eek: Also, Haya was pursuing a dream that apparently she had for a long time. I can't see how it would be a problem for anyone to follow there dreams.:confused:

IMO, she did accomplish a lot before marrying. However, maybe you missed or tend to ignore the things she did while she was in Jordan, and while being abroad. I'm too lazy, and that is really sad, to go search and type up information about the things she has done before marrying.:D Some people make the situation seem as if being married to Shk Mohammad has made her somehow.:confused: While she may have gained a few positions she didn't have at first, Haya was well known before becoming married, and her list of accomplishments prior to marrying speak for themselves.:cool:

don't get me wrong, i am not saying that she had accomplished nothing before being married..... but all i am saying is, that since she has been marroed, she has gotten into some better, more meaningfull and higher positions. look, the UN thing is a great thing - but the means of getting it are not on merit of previous accomplishments. people who work for the UN usually work tirelessy in the field they become goodwill ambassadors. did you ever see haya work for the abolishment of world hunger?? or any sort of charity that dealt with feeding and providing for those you do not have?
 
Not sure, but before being appointed the position by Kofi Annan, she did focus her charitable work for those less fortunate in Jordan, and now Dubai. Now as a goodwill ambassador, she can flex her muscles, and reach beyond to help other less fortunate in other countries. I don't recall reading anywhere either where Angela Jolie worked tiredlessly in her field before becoming a goodwill ambassador, but she is one, and since becoming one, she has done extensive work. Haya has done a lot of humanitiarian work, so maybe it wasn't necessary that she had to have experience in abolishing world hunger. Does anyone know how the ambassador program works?
 
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This link discusses PH's appointment.

www.wfp.org/english/?moduleID=137&K=1977.


Some of the points from this article.

* Princess Haya, daughter of His Majesty the late King Hussein Bin Talal of Jordan and wife of HH General Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Denfense Minister of the UAE, was appointed WFP's goodwill ambassador last October by WFP's Executive Director, James Morris.

* WFP's Excutive Director James Morris said it was such a great honour for WFP to have such a prominent advocate of the hungry poor. "Her Royal Highness philanthropy, dedication, and distinguished record of public service and her outstanding commitment to humanitarian causes will undoubtedly help us reach out to more people, not only in the Arab and Muslim world, but across the globe."

It also goes on to state that her appointment was by Kofi Annan. So, she didn't approach anyone. She was appointed by James Morris. Now if she hadn't been doing anything at all besides riding horses, do you think James Morris would publicly get on the WFP website to praise her for things she has done if they weren't true? No. I don't think so.
 
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This discussion seems to be going around in circles. As Little_star has pointed out, Princess Haya is now a Princess of UAE and that is where her first loyalties lie. Her duties now reflect her postion as wife of Sheik Mohammed, Ruler of Dubai and she is probably expected to participate in more prominent undertakings for Dubai. I see no reason why she shouldn't participate in charitable organizations for Dubai and for the UN if she has Mohammed's blessing. Given her warm, enthusiastic personality, it came as no surprise (to me) that she was chosen as a UN Goodwill Ambassador.
 




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http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=403579

Arab royalty in Malawi to see hunger "face to face"

Blantyre, Malawi, 12/29 - Princess Haya Bint al Hussein, daughter of the late King Hussein of Jordan, spend a daylong visit to Malawi on Wednesday to see first-hand the impact of the food crisis affecting the poor southern African country.

Princess Haya, who is the UN World Food Programme (WFP)`s Goodwill Ambassador, told PANA at the end of her day-long tour her visit was touching as she has seen "hunger face-to-face."

She added: "I have had a fascinating day and I can`t ever seen my life ever being the same after what I have seen today. I will be able to eloquently tell the world how hunger looks like and how it is affecting people, not only in Malawi, but the world over."

The princess, who is married to the Crown Prince of Dubai, the United Arab Emirates` Defence Minister, General Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, arrived in the country on a chartered flight.

On arrival she drove to a remote village in the southern district of Chiradzulu, 20 km east of the commercial capital, Blantyre.

"I want to talk to people and understand what they are going through so I can speak to the world on their behalf," she said. "Malawi experiences food shortages every year...and the cameras are not always there to tell the world" the story.

She visited a WFP food distribution site in the district where - seated on a simple plastic chair - she interacted with hungry villagers, including old men and women, children orphaned by AIDS and people living with HIV/AIDS.

Dressed casually in trousers and a WFP blazer, the princess heard from the villagers how dry spells had affected harvest of the staple food maize. She also heard of how HIV/AIDS had weakened a lot of them from working in their gardens.

Princess Haya, an accomplished athlete who has won several international accolades in Equestrian Sport (Show Jumping), displayed her athletic prowess when she sprinted for cover when a heavy downpour interrupted her visit.

Later she told PANA: "I have seen hunger face-to-face. Poverty is often only a file on someone`s desk until they are confronted with its realities."

She added: "It is unforgivable that, in this day and age, people are still living under such dire circumstances and are suffering from extreme hunger and poverty. It`s insane that this is happening in the world today and there should be more done to stop it."

According to the WFP, some ten million people in six countries in southern Africa are on the brink of starvation after failed harvests in the region.

In Malawi alone, five million people are said to be in urgent need of food aid, the UN agency said.

The WFP`s traditional Western donors have been from the USA, Britain, the European Union and Scandinavian countries.

Domenic Scalpelli, the WFP country director for Malawi, said Princess Haya`s visit provided a perfect opportunity for the UN agency to start speaking to the oil-rich Arab states and tap their huge potential for assistance.

"She became the first Arab and first woman to take up this position (of WFP Goodwill Ambassador) and she chose Malawi because she was shocked with what she read and listened on the hunger situation here," he said.

Princess Haya flew back home to Dubai late Wednesday.






Also.Malawi hunger shocks Jordanian princess
by Isaac Masingati, 31 December 2005 - 04:07:19
Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein of Jordan Thursday said she was shocked with the extent of the food crisis in the country.
Princess Haya was on her first field visit as a United Nations World Food Programme’s Goodwill Ambassador to see the impact of the food crisis in the country.
Speaking after visiting a WFP food distribution centre in Chiradzulu and a children’s nutrition and rehabilitation centre at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre, Haya said she was touched to see how people, particularly children, were affected by the food shortage.
She said she would raise alarm for international awareness now that she had seen how children were suffering from the food shortage and how people were affected by HIV and Aids.
“Much of the world’s attention is focused on major crisis areas, but Malawi experiences food shortages every year, and the cameras are not always there to tell the world,” said Haya.
She said she was touched by the food crisis in Malawi because of, among other things, the high prevalence of HIV and Aids which has made people’s livelihood extremely fragile.
Haya, who was made WFP’s Goodwill Ambassador last October by WFP’s Executive Director, James Morris, said it was sad that the world had become used to seeing the faces of hungry children on television clips yet no one does anything to change that.
“What we see on the screen is nothing compared to what is actually on the ground and I feel that it is my duty to experience that myself and relay it to the world,” she said.
Up to 4.9 million people in the country need food assistance and the WFP is providing half of the requirement.
Haya, who came with a tight security of six officers and five officials, flew in on a 200-seat American Arab Emirates (UAE) chartered plane and left for Dubai the same day.
She is daughter of late King Hussein Bin Talal of Jordan and wife of General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, crown prince of Dubai and defence minister of the UAE.
In his remarks, WFP country director Momenico Scalpelli said his organisation would scale up food distribution from the current 1.3 million people to 2.4 in January.

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I 'm happy for Princess Haya for the two titels and i believe that she has working hard, but don't get me wrong I really wonder if she has receives thoose titels if Sheikh Mohammad was'nt in her live.
 
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Haya is not restricted to having only certain "interests". I think she could have easily accomplished the same things w/o Shk Mohammad's influence.
 
She looks so wonderful with her with ice outfit. So glamourous.

Certainely Princess Haya is very intelligent. She has a target and she worked hard to get it. I admire her for the fact that she "gets what she wants" with "intersting connections". Very smart.


"Happy birthday 32 Princess Haya"
 
ZZZ said:
just because sheikh mohammeds other wives do not run around in public does not make them any less important. why not reverse the comment, haya might be trying so hard, because she is jealouse of the standard he holds sheikha hind to.

I have always been rather suspicious of people who are political as if they are really good as they PR to be. I am glad the ones who are not as vocal about their goodness are recognized within the inside people. :)

"So I guess you would apply the same standard to Sheikha Hind? After all as Mo's wife she hasn't earned any of her wealth, just utilised his?"

Shikha Hind is a first causin to Mo. Thus she is part of the family which means money is not an issue for her. She also has many children with him-a traditional women are like that-they do not also seek the spotlight as they are raised to be discreet. PHaya is very political just like her father-plus she is very much of an western woman in education who feels comfortable being indpendent and getting the spotlight. She is also not as traditional, which may well-fit Sheikh Mo`s forward personality.
 
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julial said:
I have always been rather suspicious of people who are political as if they are really good as they PR to be. I am glad the ones who are not as vocal about their goodness are recognized within the inside people. :)
Just because a person receives publicity for their good deeds doesn't make their actions any less valuable. After all, Angelina Jolie is always under the spotlight when she carries out a UN mission, nobody questions her sincerity.

julial said:
Shikha Hind is a first causin to Mo. Thus she is part of the family which means money is not an issue for her.

I understand money isn't an issue for Hind, I was just wanting to know why a poster earlier expected Haya to "earn her money" and whether they applied the same standard to Hind.
 
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