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Khalifa Foundation continues Tarahamu campaign by distributing aid to 5,000 refugees in Lebanon

Abu Dhabi, 21 January 2014 (WAM): Teams from the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation for Humanitarian Work continue to distribute aid to refugees and those affected by the winter storms that swept the Levant and Iraq, as part of the foundation's ongoing winter campaign, Tarahamu. This campaign is being implemented as per the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the follow-up of Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. An official source at the Khalifa Foundation said that in co-operation with the UAE Embassy in Beirut, the teams yesterday distributed winter aid items which included food packages, winter clothing, blankets and heaters to about 5,000 Syrian refugees in the Bar Elias district of the Lebanese Beqaa Valley. The official added that the campaign will continue until it fulfils its target of reaching 100,000 people, or the equivalent to 20,000 families. – Emirates News Agency, WAM – http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395275369667.html

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