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Tue, 06/30/2009 - 15:46
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ADMAF offers Dh445,000 for RCA's relief programme in Palestine

Abu Dhabi, June 30, 2009 (WAM) - The Abu Dhabi Music '&' Arts Foundation (ADMAF), organisers of the 6th Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival, has offered part of the revenues of the festival for supporting the Red Crescent Authority's humanitarian assistance to improve the condition of the Palestinian people.
A cheque of Dh445,000 was handed by Hoda Kano, founder of ADMAF, to Mohammed Khalifa Al Qamzi, Secretary General of the Red Crescent Authority (RCA) during special ceremony organised today at the RCA premises in Abu Dhabi.
''Events of the festival were coincided with a painful time the Palestinian people in Gaza were passing through............we decided to offer a humble contribution to support the great efforts being made to improve the humanitarian situation of the Palestinian people," she added. Since its inception, the annual festival donates part of its revenues to charitable works. The Festival attracted more than 25,000 people to its events in March.

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