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RCA to send emergency aid to Haiti
Abu Dhabi, 14 Jan. 2009 (WAM) - The UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) is gearing up to send emergency aid to Haiti which was hit by a devastating earthquake.
RCA's Board Chairman Ahmed Humaid Al Mazrouei said that the aid, consisting of foodstuff, medical and sheltering stuff, will be dispatched to the survivors of the earthquake, in keeping with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Ruler's Representative in the Western Region and Chairman of the RCA."The first stage of the relief programme will involve provision of sheltering materials to the people who lost their homes," added Am Mazrouei.
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Is good to see that an oil rich nation has seen fit to provide aid to the victims of Haiti. Opening up their substantial cash coffers would also be a welcome addition from UAE!! Saudi Arabia and the like might well take a lesson from neighbouring UAE in showing simple humanitarian compassion
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