Grant approved for flood victims in India
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The Government has accepted the advice of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee and approved a grant of $1.164 million from the Disaster Relief Fund to Save the Children Hong Kong for flood victims in Uttarakhand, India.
Announcing the grant today (August 28), a government spokesman said that the Committee hopes that the grant would help provide relief to the flood victims in Uttarakhand. To ensure that the money would be used for the designated purposes, the relief agency would be asked to submit an evaluation report and audited account on the use of the grant after the relief project has been completed.
Ends/Wednesday, August 28, 2013
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