Abu Dhabi: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Jordan, Andrew Harper, has hailed the humanitarian efforts and initiatives of Her Highness Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of General Women’s Union, Family Development Foundation and Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood.
He praised Shaikha Fatima’s support for the Syrian refugees in Al Zaatari camp in Jordan and other towns bordering Jordan and Syria.
The UNHCR representative commended Shaikha Fatima’s Eidiya (small sums of money given on the occasion of festival of Eid) and stated that it has brought joy among more than 36,000 Syrian refugee in Jordan.
In a letter of thanks and gratitude received by the UAE Red Crescent Authority, he encouraged the RCA to continue relief efforts in order to give more sustenance and fulfil other needs of the increasing number of Syrian refugees.
