USD 590,000 received by ‘Gaza Fund’ handed over to Palestinian government

Colombo, August 8 (Daily Mirror) - An additional sum of USD 590,000 has been received by the ‘Children of Gaza Fund,’ which was established by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to provide basic needs for children displaced due to the current military situation in the Gaza Strip. 

The President’s Media Division (PMD) said that the funds were officially handed over to the Palestinian government yesterday (07) at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The official documents were presented by President Wickremesinghe to the Palestinian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Dr. Zuhair M.H. Zaid, and the Resident Representative of the UNDP in Sri Lanka, Azusa Kubota.

Following a proposal by President Ranil Wickremesinghe during the Cabinet meeting on March 4, 2024, the government of Sri Lanka agreed to provide financial assistance of USD 1 million to cover the essential expenses of nearly one million children trapped in the Gaza Strip due to the war. The Cabinet of Ministers approved this grant.