Pakistan Supported by Emirates Red Crescent and DIB with homes for those affected by the floods.
The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) and the Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) have signed a collaborative agreement.
In order to construct homes for those affected by the floods that hit Sindh Province in Pakistan.
As per the agreement, DIB will allocate AED 5 million to fund the construction of homes, while the ERC will oversee the project.
Moreover, the agreement specifies the responsibilities of both parties and the methods of executing the project.
marking a new level of collaboration between the two entities to support the country’s efforts in giving and humanitarian aid.
Actually, the agreement highlights both parties’ keenness to alleviate the suffering of those affected by the floods in Sindh Province.
As well as improving the living standards of unprivileged segments of the community who became homeless amid dire humanitarian conditions.
Rashid Mubarak Al Mansouri, Deputy Secretary-General of the ERC for the Local Affairs Sector, and Nawaf Abdullah Al Rayssi, Deputy Vice-President of DIB and Head of Community Support Services, signed the cooperation agreement.
Following the signing, the two sides discussed areas of cooperation.
As well as strengthening their humanitarian and developmental partnership.
In addition to working together to launch developmental projects that serve broad segments of the ERC’s local and international beneficiaries.
The two sides also affirmed their united visions and objectives in social responsibility.
Also they highlighted the importance of similar partnerships to meet rising humanitarian needs.
This is not the first time that the UAE supports Pakistan after a natural disaster.
In 2010, Dubai Islamic Foundation (DIF) donated an amount of AED15 million to provide aid for the flood victims in Pakistan.
The generous gesture came in response to a call from President H.H Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to donate for this humanitarian cause.
The amount has been handed over to the UAE Red Crescent Authority (ERC).
The kind gesture was part of DIC’s social responsibilities towards the people affected by the flooding in Pakistan.
It is also within the framework of the DIF’s humanitarian programmes.
Aimed at easing the financial burden on poor and needy individuals, providing them with appropriate assistance, added the release.
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