WAM San'aa, May 8th, 2013 (WAM) -- The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has continued the sixth phase of distribution of food assistance to poor and needy people as part of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan's AED 500 million food aid programme for Yemeni people.

The assistance comes in the light of Sheikh Khalifa's keenness to alleviate the daily suffering of the Yemeni people, and embodies the strong relations between the two peoples.

Astana: The UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) has carried out a winter relief campaign for those affected by a cold wave and heavy snow that hit a number of cities in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

"RCA aid workers have provided relief assistance to a number of families affected by the cold wave in Kazakhstan, Naima Al Muhairi, Acting Deputy Secretary General for Relief and Projects at the RCA, said.

Al Muhairi added the RAC would coordinate with Kazakh official authorities to ensure delivery of assistant to a large number of affected families.

His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, yesterday pledged a donation of US$120m (Dh440m) in support of global efforts to eradicate polio by 2018, with a specific contribution towards Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The pledge comes on the eve of the inaugural Global Vaccine Summit being held in Abu Dhabi in partnership with His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and co-chair of the Bill '&' Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates.

WAM ABU DHABI: Medical equipment and supplies worth AED5.5 million for Al Aqsa Hospital in the Ain al-Hilweh, the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, were supplied by the UAE's Red Crescent Authority (RCA).

RCA's aid includes life-saving and healthcare materials, rehabilitation of the operating theatre and laboratory and other basic infrastructure of the hospital which serves the residents of the camp which accommodates 80000 people.

WAM ABU DHABI: Emergency humanitarian aid worth more than AED 2.8 million to help Palestinian refugees in Syria will be provided by the UAE's Red Crescent Authority (RCA) in coordination with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

The relief aid will be procured from local Syrian markets by the UAE major humanitarian agency whose Syria operation contributes to UNRWA's efforts to help more than 126000 crisis-hit Palestinians in and outside Syria.

Sana'a: The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Humanitarian Foundation (KZHF) has continued the fifth phase of distribution of food assistance to the poor and needy people as part of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan's Dh 500 million food aid for Yemeni people.

The foundation's fifth phase targeted nearly 20,000 needy families in different areas of Yemen.

Kabul: The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Humanitarian Foundation has handed out in-kind assistance to Afghan orphans at Tehya Orphanage in Kabul.

The Foundation's assistance was delivered to the orphanage in coordination with the UAE Embassy in Afghanistan, in presence of Sayyid Abdullah Hashemi, director of Afghanistan's orphanages and the UAE Ambassador Yousef Saif Seb'a Al Ali, and was overseen by the Permanent Humanitarian and Development Aid in Afghanistan.

Sana'a: The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has launched the 5th phase of distribution of food assistance to the poor and needy people as part of the UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan's Dh 500 million food aid for Yemeni people.

The Foundation said nearly 20,000 needy families would receive the food parcels.

For their part, the beneficiaries expressed their thanks and gratitude for the UAE leader for his generous support, which they said, would help them to overcome the dire economic situation in the country.

WAM Toliara, Mar 14th, 2013 (WAM) -- The visiting Red Crescent Authority team in Madagascar distributed school supplies among about 1000 students in cooperation with the Madagascar Red Cross Society.

In a statement, Suhail Rashid Al Qadhi, chairman of the team, said that the distribution of the school supplies comes as part of the relief assistance provided by UAE RCA in the areas affected by the Tropical Cyclone "Haruna", pointing that the step aims to help the displaced students in the affected areas to continue learning and improving their educational skills.