The Sharjah Charity Association has provided emergency aid for victims affected by a hurricane in the Philippines.
Part of a strategy to assist people affected by natural calamities, the aid was implemented under the directives of Sheikh Essam bin Saqr, chairman of the Office of the Ruler of Sharjah and chairman of the board of directors of the association.
The association has teamed up with the Association for Islamic Development in Pagadian City to distributed the relief material, said Mohammed Hamdan Al Zari, head of the project.
UAE Embassy staff in the Philippines helped distribute aid that benefited thousands of people, he said.
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