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10/24/24, 8:29 PM 'UAE stands with Lebanon': Massive aid drive culminates in 250 tonnes of supplies
directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and

the follow-up of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice

President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Presidential Court, and

under the supervision of H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,

Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Development and Fallen Heroes'

Affairs and Chairman of the International Humanitarian and Philanthropic Council.

The aid collection was organised by the Emirates Red Crescent Authority, with the

participation of more than 4400 volunteers from various nationalities who packed

10000 baskets of supplies.

Dr. Hamdan Musallam Al Mazrouei, Chairman, Board of Directors, the Emirates

Red Crescent Authority, stressed the depth of the historical relations between the

UAE and Lebanon, which, he said, has been evident today in the wide public

participation in the activities to collect humanitarian relief aid for its people facing

the crisis.

Al Mazrouei has also referred to the spirit of human solidarity that marks the

diverse segments of the UAE society consisting of a wide variety of nationalities,

cultures and ethnicities who rose to the occasion to extend a helping hand to the

people of Lebanon in their difficult circumstance.

Around 24 donor and volunteer organisations participated in the activities of

collecting relief aid at the cruise terminal in Abu Dhabi Ports: the Emirates Red
Crescent Authority, the Zayed Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation, the Khalifa

bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global
Initiatives, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Charitable and Humanitarian

Foundation, the Ahmed bin Zayed Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation, the
Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department, Dubai Humanitarian, Dubai

Cares, Sharjah Charity Association, the International Humanitarian City, the Big
Heart Foundation, the Emirates Foundation, the UAE Volunteers Foundation, the

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