Dakar: Khalifa bin Zayed Foundation has distributed over 2000 food parcels to needy families in Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea and Sierra Leone on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.
The UAE Embassy in Dakar, Senegal, supervised distribution of the food assistance.
The Foundation distributed 398 food packages in Cape Verde, 1000 in Gambia, 460 in Sierra Leone and 475 in Guinea.
The Embassy said the food aid programme is the first for the UAE charity foundation in these countries.