Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland is giving CHF450,000 to the Philippines Red Cross as emergency money to help victims of the floods provoked by tropical storm Ketsana, Bern announced late Thursday 1 October. It is also sending two experts from the Humanitarian Aid corps to help assess needs.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 1 October 2009 at 20:27 |
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News story, GenevaLunch, 1 October 2009.
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Tags: aid, experts, floods, Humanitarian Aid corps, Ketsana, needs, Philippines, storm, Switzerland
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