Red Cross Provides Assistance To Over 180,000 People In Myanmar's Western State
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published June 22, 2018 | 09:29 PM
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has provided humanitarian assistance to over 180,000 people across 130 villages in Myanmar's western Rakhine state since August last year, the official Global New Light of Myanmar quoted an ICRC statement as reporting Friday.
YANGON, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Jun, 2018 ) :The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has provided humanitarian assistance to over 180,000 people across 130 villages in Myanmar's western Rakhine state since August last year, the official Global New Light of Myanmar quoted an ICRC statement as reporting Friday.
The statement of ICRC released by its resident public relations officer Corinne Ambler in Yangon Thursday said ICRC has established permanent offices in Sittway, Mrauk U and Maungtaw in Rakhine state, extending the humanitarian assistance to victims of violent terrorist attacks and natural disasters since 2012.
Ambler disclosed that ICRC President Peter Maurer is scheduled to visit Myanmar next week during which he will observe the situation of humanitarian aid given to Rakhine state and will check the red cross activities, including food administration and healthcare provided by mobile clinics as well as other need during the rainy season.
Maurer will also meet with government leadership in Nay Pyi Taw before he travels to refugee camps in Cox Bazar in Bangladesh, she added.
The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army extremists launched attacks on police outposts in Rakhine State on Aug. 23 last year, displacing a vast number of residents to border areas with Bangladesh.
Related Topics
Recent Stories
Tennis: ATP Barcelona Open results - 1st update
Swiatek's perfect 10 in Stuttgart as Vondrousova stuns Sabalenka
Arandu's roads closed due to flooding
Oil tanker catches fire in Islamabad’s Blue Area
Pakistan committed to ensure safety of foreign nationals: FO
Tennis: WTA Stuttgart results - 1st update
Four passengers injured as train hit an empty vehicle
Over- speeding bus crushed to death two bike riders
Turkey's Freedom Flotilla ready to set sail for Gaza
French teen dies from heart failure after knife attack near school
Iranians appear unfazed by Isfahan blasts
UAF celebrates Int'l Chinese Language Day
More Stories From World
-
Oil, gas drilling blocked in Alaska wilds as Biden seeks green cred
12 minutes ago -
Man sets self on fire outside Trump trial
13 minutes ago -
Turkey's Freedom Flotilla ready to set sail for Gaza
2 hours ago -
French teen dies from heart failure after knife attack near school
2 hours ago -
Iranians appear unfazed by Isfahan blasts
2 hours ago -
Ecuador mayor killed ahead of anti-crime referendum: police
2 hours ago
-
Croatia top court bars president from becoming next PM
2 hours ago -
Lacking storm drains, Dubai sees persistent flooding
3 hours ago -
West Bank villagers vigilant but vulnerable after settler attacks
3 hours ago -
Calls for calm after reported Israeli strike on Iran
3 hours ago -
Iran blasts rattle global markets
3 hours ago -
Photography is 'mirror on society': Sebastiao Salgado
3 hours ago