UAE donations for Iraqi children

Two sons of the children of United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahyan have donated more than US $500,000 to the Iraqi children.

UAE dailies on Monday said the UAE's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Sheikh Hazza Bin Zayed al-Nahyan donated more than half a million dollars during the inauguration of Ramadan and al-Eid (feast) festival which is organized by the UAE's Red Crescent Society.

UAE charity societies have sent several humanitarian aid to Baghdad, the last of which was a ship loaded with donations and food stuffs in the beginning of January 1998.