Friday, October 18, 2024

Saudi Arabia Donates Dates To Zambia

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has donated 25 tonnes of dates to Zambia to help address the hunger situation that has affected most households due to the drought that hit the country in the last farming season.

Saudi Arabia has since donated 25 tonnes of Dates to the Zambian people aimed at improving food security through the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit in Lusaka today.

Handing over the donation, First Secretary at the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia In Zambia, Mohammed Mosalim said his country is glad to help the Zambian government at this critical juncture of drought.

And receiving the donation, Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU)National Coordinator, Gabriel Pollen praised the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the donation.

Dr Pollen said the donation has come at a time when the country is experiencing drought which has threatened the food security and millions of households.

He disclosed that, at the moment the government is providing relief food to at least 6.6 million people in the country.

5 COMMENTS

  1. A borrower is always a slave of the lender, we have natural resources that we should have been turning into finished products but no we give them all as raw material at cheap prices… politicians are demons in flesh

  2. This is how low we stooped, good at receiving handouts.. kwena!!! Sometimes you wonder who bewitched our leaders from the beginning of time. You see them with suits, their fancy cars & houses with big tummies with Zambian english accent

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