For families across the UAE, the weekly grocery shop is a simple routine. From today, it can also help put food on a family’s table in Gaza. Careem, the everything app, has launched Groceries for Gaza with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). Customers can donate in a few easy taps, straight from Careem Quik.
Lost livelihoods and the collapse of essential services continue to leave families in Gaza highly vulnerable to hunger. Today, 1.4 million people, 2 in every 3, still face crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity. Most have been displaced several times and live with damaged homes, poor sanitation and limited access to safe water. With 80 percent of people out of work, many can’t afford fresh vegetables, fruit, protein or cooking fuel.
Each month, WFP reaches around 1.5 million people in Gaza with food parcels, wheat flour, bread, hot meals, school snacks, nutrition services and cash. This support remains a lifeline. Food security has improved modestly, but if assistance isn’t sustained, up to 90 percent of the population could face high levels of acute food insecurity by the end of the year.
In collaboration with WFP, Careem has created 4 donation options, starting at AED 92. Each one covers the cost of a WFP food box that feeds a family of 5. Each box holds the staples behind every home-cooked meal: fortified wheat flour, pasta, lentils, beans, chickpeas, tomato paste, vegetable oil, salt and halva. Customers can fund a box that feeds a family for 3 to 4 days (AED 92), 1 week (AED 184), 2 weeks (AED 367) or 1 month (AED 734). A one-month box holds more than 47 kg of food, including 25 kg of flour.
Customers can donate a box on its own or add one to their weekly shop. Careem passes every donation to WFP, which provides the food and delivers it to families in greatest need in Gaza.
“Our purpose is to improve people’s lives, and that doesn’t stop at our borders. Many families in Gaza still don’t know where their next meal will come from. We won’t look away, and neither will our community. Through Seeds for Gaza, our customers and partners raised more than AED 3 million. With Groceries for Gaza, we’re making it simple for them to help again, every time they shop,” said Mudassir Sheikha, Co-founder and CEO of Careem.
“The progress made in recent months is fragile. Without steady support, families in Gaza could slip back into hunger. Partners like Careem help us keep food reaching the families who need it most, and give people in the UAE a simple way to help. Every donation makes a real difference,” said Bashar Al Hammami, Head of WFP Global Office in the UAE.
To donate, open the Careem app, tap Quik and find the Groceries for Gaza banner. Choose a box, add it to your basket and check out as usual. Groceries for Gaza runs across the UAE until 31 October 2026. WFP does not endorse any product or service.