In line with directives from His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Dubai Humanitarian (DXBH) has sent a relief shipment to Nepal, adding to the international response to the flooding that devastated the country last month.
Mohammed Ibrahim Al Shaibani, Chairman of Dubai Humanitarian, said the ongoing recovery in flood-hit Nepalese communities is being supported by this shipment as part of the wider effort from the humanitarian community based in Dubai, reinforcing the emirate's role as a key node in the global supply chain. He pointed to the long-running partnership with Emirates SkyCargo, which operated this flight given the emergency circumstances, as part of Dubai's broader humanitarian response. He added that the dispatch underlines Dubai Humanitarian's function as a global hub for pre-positioning, last-mile delivery and interagency coordination, allowing urgent relief items to reach affected communities quickly.
The shipment, roughly 74 metric tonnes of emergency supplies, landed in Kathmandu on 8 September 2026, flown in on a Boeing 777-F operated by Emirates SkyCargo out of Dubai World Central (DWC). It carried tents and shelter materials, medicines, hygiene kits and winter kits drawn from prepositioned stocks held by UNICEF, the World Food Programme's UN Humanitarian Response Depot (WFP-UNHRD), and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
Badr Abbas, Divisional Senior Vice President, Emirates SkyCargo, said the airline's relationship with Dubai Humanitarian goes back a long way, with the two working together on disaster and crisis response globally. He described the partnership as pairing Dubai Humanitarian's relief expertise with Emirates SkyCargo's network and logistics reach, and said the airline was glad to support this mission again by running a special charter flight to Kathmandu to move aid quickly.
The flight's transport costs were covered by the Global Humanitarian Impact Fund (GHIF), part of Dubai Humanitarian's push to build sustainable response systems and cut the logistical and financial delays that can hold up aid.
News Source: Emirates News Agency
