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Palestinians to get RCA aid during Ramadan
The Red Crescent Authority (RCA) will deliver best services to those fasting during Ramadan in Palestine with an emphasis on the under-siege Gaza Strip.
- WAM
- Published: 23:43 August 26, 2008
Abu Dhabi: The Red Crescent Authority (RCA) will deliver best services to those fasting during Ramadan in Palestine with an emphasis on the under-siege Gaza Strip.
Acting upon directives of Shaikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and chairman of the RCA, the UAE premier charity and aid organisation said it has allocated an initial budget of Dh2.6 million to the iftar programme in Palestinian territories and diaspora camps in Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen, according to Saleh Al Taie, RCA Secretary-General.
We have drawn an elaborate plan to expand the umbrella of beneficiaries of Ramadan charity programmes. It will be carried out in coordination with the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) as well as UAE embassies in the three said countries, he added.
According to a breakdown of the budget, he explained a fast-breaking programme would be carried inside the Aqsa mosque to the tune of Dh558,000.
The estimate cost of operations in the West Bank and Gaza strip will be Dh569,000 and Dh929,000 respectively.
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