Royal Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ambassador to the Philippines Abdullah Al-Hassan (second from left) and senior
representative of the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Finance in Riyadh Saad Al
Sunaidi (far left) formally hand over 60 tons of dates to U.N. World Food
Programme (WFP) Philippines Representative and Country Director Stephen
Anderson (far right), with Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs-Office of
Middle East and African Affairs Executive Director Neal Imperial (second from
right) acting as witness.
The generous date donation from the Government
of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest ever to WFP Philippines. In
coordination with the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development,
WFP will distribute the food to 30,000 vulnerable families in the
conflict-affected provinces of Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao in the Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Photo Credit: WFP/Anthony Lim/Philippines
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