Khalifa Foundation sends more aid to Yemen's Socotra Island

SOCOTRA, 20th October, 2016 (WAM) -- The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, KF, has sent its 31st aid plane, with two tonnes of medications on board, to the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Hospital on Socotra Island, along with one tonne of mixed content stationery to be distributed to students. The aid shipments are in implementation of directives from President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. The foundation said that it has been providing humanitarian, relief and development aid, including food, medication and educational assistance, to thousands of Yemeni families on Socotra Island. A KF official source said that the philanthropic organisation contributes to reconstructing and restoring a number of infrastructure projects in various fields, such as health and education facilities, water, electricity and drainage stations, in order to reduce the suffering of the Yemeni people, due to the events taking place there. He added that the foundation will continue its humanitarian commitment towards the Yemeni people according to the directives of the leadership. – Emirates News Agency, WAM - http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates-international-aid/1395301470948.html