The Emirates Red Crescent has launched an initiative to distribute 200 tonnes of dates in 10 countries before Ramadan.
This initiative was launched under the directives of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
“The ERC will ensure that dates are delivered to beneficiaries in the 10 countries before the beginning of the holy month,” said Dr Mohammed Al Falahi, secretary general of Emirates Red Crescent.
“Some of the shipments are allocated to refugee camps and internally displaced people.”
He said the initiative comes at a time when the food crisis affects millions of people in vulnerable countries.
He said these problems were aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
On Friday, the UAE said it had sent medical aid and food to Equatorial Guinea after explosions rocked the Central African country's main city, Bata.
At least 107 people died and 600 were injured in the incident at Nkoa Ntoma military camp on March 7.
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Stormy seas
Weather warnings show that Storm Eunice is soon to make landfall. The videographer and I are scrambling to return to the other side of the Channel before it does. As we race to the port of Calais, I see miles of wire fencing topped with barbed wire all around it, a silent ‘Keep Out’ sign for those who, unlike us, aren’t lucky enough to have the right to move freely and safely across borders.
We set sail on a giant ferry whose length dwarfs the dinghies migrants use by nearly a 100 times. Despite the windy rain lashing at the portholes, we arrive safely in Dover; grateful but acutely aware of the miserable conditions the people we’ve left behind are in and of the privilege of choice.
WOMAN AND CHILD
Director: Saeed Roustaee
Starring: Parinaz Izadyar, Payman Maadi
Rating: 4/5
