UAE sends aid to those in-need in Madagascar

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Around 32,000 families in Madagascar have been given humanitarian aid by the UAE.

A delegation from the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation distributed food to support over 160,000 individuals living in Antananarivo.

Officials met with Madagascar's National Office for Risk and Disaster Management in order to develop an aid distribution roadmap to targetted areas. 

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