Flood victims to get more aid from Dubai

Dubai: The Pakistan Association in Dubai has launched the second phase of its relief project to help hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the recent floods in Pakistan.

"We have entered in the second phase of our relief project after massive operation of providing emergency relief such as food, medicines, clothes, and temporary housing in tents," said Riaz Farooq, president of the Pakistan Association in Dubai (PAD).

He said the association had entered into an agreement with Al Khidmat Foundation, one of the largest welfare and social organisation in Pakistan, to carry out the relief work.

"We expect all the communities in the UAE to come forward and help us rehabilitate the flood victims who are homeless with no means of living," he told a press conference in Dubai.

Farooq said the response by UAE residents towards flood relief efforts had been overwhelming as the association had so far sent 53 container loads and 41 air cargo consignments to Pakistan worth Dh17 million. The Association also remitted Dh2.1 million in cash to provide immediate relief to the victims.

He said that the Pakistan Association in Dubai used the services of the Al Khidmat Foundation to carry out its relief activities because the Foundation had the largest network of volunteer workers all over the country.

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