Turkish Charity Foundation Sends Aid To Ethiopian Families Against Famine
ISTANBUL - A Charity Foundation from Turkey sent aid to 350 families in Ethiopia, which is struggling with famine caused by draught.
The Foundation for Human Rights Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH) announced Monday that it distributed foodstuff to 350 families.
It sent packages containing flour, legumes, oil and sugar to 350 families residing in Zewaya Dugda one of the poorest regions in the Ethiopia.
The UN recently announced that around 6 million children in Ethiopia faced risk of acute under-nutrition and urged countries to send aids to this country.
(OZG-AÖ)
Monday, August 11, 2008
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