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HH Sheikh Mohammed Has Offered His Private Plane To Send Aid To The Cyclone Victims Of Mozambique
A generously charitable offer by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has touched hearts yet again.
The Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has sent his private plane to help the victims of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique.
Mozambique was hit by a devastating cyclone last week that has claimed hundereds of lives with the death toll already expected to rise over 1,000.
According to a tweet by Dubai Media Office, HH Sheikh Mohammed issued a directive to deliver a much needed humanitarian assistance to those affected by the tropical storm in Mozambique
.@HHShkMohd offers his private plane,a B747 to deliver much needed humanitarian assistance from @IHC_UAE to those most affected by the natural disaster in Mozambique.The first airlift with 97-metric-tonne of humanitarian aid sent by members of IHC arrived at Maputo Int’l Airport. pic.twitter.com/djHB2L67cI
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— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) March 20, 2019
The first airlift consisted of a 97-metric-tonne shipment of humanitarian aid sent by members of Dubai’s International Humanitarian City (IHC), which arrived at Maputo International Airport on Wednesday.
The relief items, which came from stocks maintained at the IHC in Dubai, included medicine, telecommunications equipment, tents, and shelter toolkits.
The airlift comes after the UAE donated AED18.3 million in emergency aid to those affected by the devastating cyclone.
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