JERUSALEM, 5th July, 2016 (WAM) -- The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, KF, yesterday completed its Ramadan Project for this year through the distribution of food parcels and Ramadan meals to more than 50,000 Palestinian families in Gaza Strip, West Bank and Jerusalem.
The project comes in implementation of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of the foundation.
A KF source said that the Ramadan programme of the foundation was as per directives of the wise leadership which had focused on the population in Jerusalem which is witnessing dire humanitarian conditions.
The source also said that the Representative Office of UAE to the Palestinian Authority has supervised the distribution of 2,000 meals and 5,000 food parcels which covered many districts in Jerusalem.
Beneficiaries and visitors to the Al Aqsa Mosque of various nationalities expressed their happiness at this UAE humanitarian gesture, which stresses Muslims' solidarity with the Palestinian people. They also wished well for President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
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