Khalifa Foundation distributes food baskets in Sierra Leone

FREETOWN: The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, with the supervision of the U.A.E. Embassy in Senegal, has implemented the distribution of food baskets to underprivileged families in Sierra Leone as part of a comprehensive programme currently being implemented in many countries around the world. An official source from the Khalifa Foundation said that through this programme it has distributed more than 700 food baskets to families and orphanages in the capital, Freetown, and other cities. The distribution was organised in the presence of a representative of the U.A.E. Embassy in Dakar, the Chairman and representatives of the Union of Muslims in Sierra Leone, representatives of the Ministry of Social Affairs and a number of Imam and officials. The beneficiaries and officials who attended thanked the President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the U.A.E. people and the Khalifa Foundation for their kind gesture which re-affirms the country’s keenness on alleviating their suffering. http://www.wam.ae/en/news/general/1395267696371.html