Red Cross gets US$2m boost from Iran

parts of the country and support the needy. He also said the donation would help strengthen the ties between the two humanitarian organisations. “This donation is going to change people’s lives.

It is our heartfelt decision to give to the people of Zimbabwe through the ZRCS,” he said. “Our relationship with ZRCS is that of a brother and sister. So we work hand in glove in providing immediate relief to people in disaster situations.”

The visiting Iranian delegation signed a memorandum of understanding with the ZRCS that will see the two organisations working closely in a number of humanitarian relief programmes. Dr Abbasi pledged to help support the Red Cross in carrying out programmes that include water and sanitation, disaster response, first aid training.

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