UAE provides aid in poor areas of Pakistan

Islamabad, August 1 (IANS/WAM) The UAE's Red Crescent Authority (RCA) has continued its charitable and humanitarian programme in a number of Pakistani cities during the holy month of Ramadan.

The RCA has organised fast-breaking meals for underprivileged people, orphans, charitable schools, students and people with special needs.

The RCA has also distributed clothes ahead of Eid to 4,000 needy children in Pakistan.

The project was part of the "Dress 1 million Needy Children" campaign launched by UAE Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

The campaign covered several regions affected by natural disasters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

 

--IANS/WAM

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