BEIRUT / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) announced that it is continuing its winter aid campaign for refugees in Lebanon to help ease the effects of the cold weather, which included winter essentials, such as heaters, blankets, clothes, children’s supplies and food parcels. Through the Humanitarian and Development Affairs Attaché at the UAE Embassy, the authority implemented the third ...

DUBAI / WAM The Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department in Dubai (IACAD) announced that 2,109 tonnes of used clothes worth AED9.6 million were donated as part of the Clothing Bank initiative in 2019. The IACAD aims to allocate all proceeds to support various charitable and humanitarian projects within and outside UAE. Ahmed Darwish Al Muhairi, Executive Director of the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates Policy Centre (EPC) ranked 6th in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region in the annual Global Go To Think Tank Index Report released by the University of Pennsylvania in January 2020, while the centre’s annual conference, “Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate”, also ranked 10th among the top best think-tank conferences worldwide. EPC President, ...