PARIS // The UAE embassy in Paris has started implementing its part of the Iftar Project for Ramadan, funded by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation.
The project was carried out in Paris with mosques and Islamic institutions in the city. Ramadan bags of food were distributed to the underprivileged and needy, the state news agency, Wam, reported.
The Iftar Project is taking place in 56 countries, including France.
More than 5,000 food baskets were distributed by the foundation, Emirates Red Crescent, Dubai Charity Association and Sharjah Charity Association in Dakar, Senegal, overseen by the UAE embassy there. The aid was distributed in poor, rural areas and some areas in the capital, as well as at mosques, orphanages, prisons and schools for people with disabilities.
In Colombia, the UAE embassy oversaw the setup of charity banquets for the Iftar Project, implemented there at Abu Bakr and Al Qurtubi mosques in Bogota, the capital, as well as Cucuta Mosque in San Andres province.
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