Khalifa Foundation sends Ramadan meals and food baskets to Burundi

The food was distributed to families by the Islamic Cultural Centre in Burundi in the capital Bujumbura, and a number of other provinces.

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ABU DHABI// The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has sent almost 1,000 Ramadan meals and food baskets to needy families in the Republic of Burundi, reports Wam.

The food was distributed to families by the Islamic Cultural Centre in Burundi in the capital Bujumbura, and a number of other provinces.

The Director of the Islamic Cultural Centre expressed his thanks to the UAE and the Khalifa Foundation for the humanitarian gesture which has so far provided 500 Iftar meals and 400 food baskets to the country.

These provisions are part of the foundation’s aid programme in more than 65 countries helping hundreds of thousands of underprivileged families.

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