Singapore Red Cross hands over further S$1.2mil of aid for Palestinian evacuees; to fund education unit


Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam visiting the Egyptian Red Crescent headquarters while on his state visit to Cairo on Sept 21. - Photo: Lianhe Zaobao

CAIRO: children whose lives have been upended by the conflict in Gaza will be able to continue with their education, with funds to procure a mobile education unit in the latest tranche of donations from Singapore.

The Singapore Red Cross said on Sunday (Sept 21) it had handed over about S$1.2 million worth of aid to the Egyptian Red Crescent in its latest set of donations to assist in the crisis, including S$440,000 worth of tents and S$758,000 in funds for essential medical and educational services for Palestinian evacuees in Egypt.

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