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The Government has accepted the advice of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee and approved three grants from the Disaster Relief Fund totalling $2.6 million to two relief agencies to undertake relief projects for flood victims in Pakistan and India.
Announcing the grants today (August 18), a government spokesman said that the Committee hoped the three grants would help provide relief to flood victims in Pakistan and India. Details of these grants are as follows -
* $2 million to Oxfam Hong Kong for providing relief to flood victims in Pakistan;
* $0.3 million to Save the Children, Hong Kong, for providing relief to flood victims in Pakistan; and
* $0.3 million to Save the Children, Hong Kong, for providing relief to flood victims in India.
The grants are further to a disbursement of $3 million made earlier for World Vision Hong Kong to provide emergency relief to flood victims in Pakistan. It takes the total value of grants for flood victims in Pakistan to $5.3 million.
"To ensure that the money will be used for the designated purposes, the two relief agencies have been asked to submit evaluation reports and audited accounts on the use of the grants after the relief projects have been completed," the spokesman said.
Ends/Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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