First Vice President of Zanzibar hails UAE Humanitarian Initiatives

2012-09-22 16:38:29 WAM Abu Dhabi, Sep 22nd, 2012 (WAM)--The First Vice President of Zanzibar in the United Republic of Tanzania Hon. Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad has lauded huge humanitarian efforts shouldered by the UAE. He added that the UAE has occupied a distinguished position in the humanitarian map, thanks to the UAE leadership for its unlimited support to the humanitarian issues across the globe. The remarks were made during the visit of Hamad to the headquarters of Red Crescent Authority (RCA) in Abu Dhabi, where he met Dr Mohammed Ateeq Al Falahi, Secretary General of the RCA. The Tanzanian official also thanked the RCA under the directives by H. H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in the Western Region, for its continuous response to the relief calls worldwide. The two sides discussed support of the RCA to Zanzibar and boosting of its programmes to include other vital fields and needy categories, besides the development programmes that serve extensive categories of population in the Island. For his part, Al Falahi stressed the depth of fraternal ties between the UAE and Tanzania, indicating that the directives by the higher leadership to the RCA call for broadening the base of humanitarian work and relief services to reach all the needy and those affected by crises across the globe. He underlined that the RCA has been there in Tanzania to meet the humanitarian needs. Present were Tanzanian Ambassador to UAE Mohammed Maharaj Jumaa and senior RCA officials. The cost of the RCA projects and programmes implemented in Tanzania from 1995- 2011 stood at over Dhs15.8 million.