UAE, through Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, has provided vouchers to 35,600 families in Northern Lebanon.
A delegation of the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, in collaboration with the UAE Embassy in Beirut, launched the humanitarian initiative aimed at helping the Lebanese people overcome their dire economic conditions.
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He said the foundation opted to give vouchers instead of food parcels following consultations with the UAE Embassy in Beirut.
The vouchers, according to the official, will enable beneficiaries to choose their preferred food supplies.
Fahad Al Kaabi, Acting Charge D’affaires at the UAE Embassy in Lebanon, said that the aid is part of the UAE’s humanitarian role and the foundation’s efforts to stand with friends around the world.
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Al Khaabi added that the one-month campaign began last week in Tripoli and will cover other northern cities, distributing nearly 35,600 vouchers to 178,000 beneficiaries who are on lists provided by the Lebanon-based Dar-Al-Fatwa Relief Organisation.
The beneficiaries thanked the UAE government and people, as well as the foundation, for such a thoughtful humanitarian gesture. (RA)
