Sheikha Fatima orders Dhs50m for quake victims in Syria and Turkey - GulfToday

Sheikha Fatima orders Dhs50m for quake victims in Syria and Turkey

  • 09 Feb 2023
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Emirati quake personnel rescue a Syrian girl on Wednesday. WAM

Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women's Union (GWU), Chairwoman of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation and Honorary President of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), has directed the Sheikha Fatima Fund for Refugee Women to provide Dhs50 million to support the Bridge of Goodness campaign launched by the ERC to support the ongoing humanitarian and relief efforts for the earthquake-affected people in Syria and Turkey.

Sheikha Fatima's directives support the UAE's leadership role to mitigate the repercussions of the earthquakes that struck both countries and affected the lives of thousands of peoples and falls within the framework of her humanitarian stance in times of disasters.

 

 

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