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New Saudi Relief Aid Reaches Indonesia
Jakarta, May 9, SPA -- Saudi Arabia has delivered a new tranche of relief assistance to the Indonesian province of Aceh within the framework of Saudi Relief aid for this province which was hit recently by an earthquake and Tsunami waves.
The entire Saudi relief assistance, comprising three installments, is comprised of 29 containers weighing 560.311 tons of food materials and costing SR 4, 463, 059.
The Director of the Bureau of Saudi Red Crescent in Indonesia Abdullah Al-A'amer told SPA that 10 of these containers were already delivered to the Indonesian Red Cross to be distributed among the needy people.
He added that a number of projects are under preparation for execution soon. These included a program for the benefit of 500 families at a cost of $ 250, 000; another program of establishing 5 health centers at a cost of $ 1,000,000; a program of mobile clinics for Aceh costing $ 800,000 and a program for re-equipping some medical units at Zein Al-Abedin Hospital costing $ 900,000. --SPA 1252 Local Time 0952 GMT
King Fahd Announces Donation For Saudi Red Crescent
Riyadh, May 11, SPA -- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Fahd Bin Abdulaziz, has donated SR 1,600,000 for the Saudi Red Crescent Society to purchase 4 ambulances and to establish a 32-bed-field hospital.
The Acting Chairman of the Society, Dr. Saleh Al-Tuwaijery said that the leadership always support all bodies in charge of health care of citizens and expatriates including the Society which is responsible of providing the emergency medical services. --SPA 1557 Local Time 1257 GMT |
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