In 2014, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai launched the Suqia initiative to provide clean water to five million people worldwide. The initiative, in cooperation with the Emirates Red Crescent Authority, achieved remarkable success and exceeded its targets by raising enough funds to provide clean drinking water to over 7 million people around the world.

Following the successful initiative outcomes, His Highness established the UAE Water Aid Foundation, Suqia UAE as a non-profit organisation by law in March 2015. Today, Suqia UAE, falls under the umbrella of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives foundation, and provides humanitarian aid around the world and helps communities that suffer from water scarcity by providing them with potable water.