DUBAI // A UAE charity has concluded a huge food, health and educational aid programme in Tunisia.
The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation distributed 10,000 food baskets among thousands of needy families, elderly people and those with special needs.
It has also donated 12 ambulances, medical equipment and 5,000 school bags.
“The programme comes within the foundation’s strategy to provide support for the needy people inside and outside the country, especially those facing difficult economic and living conditions or struck with natural disasters and wars,” Ahmed Al Zaabi, Deputy Minister of Presidential Affairs and vice chairman of the foundation, told the state news agency Wam.
The foundation distributed sacrificial meat to hundreds of families in Tunisia for Eid Al Adha celebrations last week.
It also had a major programme in Lebanon. Since the start of the year, 100,000 displaced Syrian and Palestinian families in the country have received Dh70 million of aid.
The project there lasted three months and was conducted in co-operation with the UAE Embassy in Lebanon and more than 44 Lebanese civil and social establishments.
The Khalifa Foundation has had aid programmes in more than 60 countries, and is offering help irrespective of race or religion.
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