In order to help the one Billion Meal initiative which was launched to increase the effort of solving global hunger, a charity auction was organized in Dubai.
In this charity auction, vehicle license plates and mobile phone numbers were auctioned to raise more than AED53 million.
Plate numbers that were been sold include, AA8, V66, and Y66 making a total amount of AED 46 million.
The event was set up by the Emirates Auction, Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), and Abu Dhabi Police.
On the other hand, 10 mobile phone numbers were also auctioned from DU and Etisalat.
An online auction for 555 unique numbers plates by Abu Dhabi Police will take place on April 17 and 18 and on Wednesday, April 20, another event will be auctioning numbers 2, 11, and 20 from code 2 and plate number 99 from code 1 at Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace.
Source: The National