RCA spends Dh512.6m on humanitarian assistance in 2011

Abu Dhabi, Nov 25, 2012 (WAM) - Some Dh512.6 million were spent by the Red Crescent Authority (RCA) on humanitarian operations in the UAE and overseas in 2011, the agency reported Saturday. A total of Dh 346 million were spent on the agency's operations in 50 countries last year to help thousands of families affected by natural disasters and conflicts. Relief operations launched by RCA in 29 countries in 2011 cost more than Dh 51.6 million. Somalia, Libya and Pakistan were the major beneficiary countries of RCA's operations. Around 417 thousand families in the UAE received a total of Dh 166.6 million in assistance from RCA's domestic humanitarian programmes, it said in a report. - Emirates News Agency, WAM