Dr Wan Azizah: US$50m Qatari donation for Rohingya went through NGOs, not Pakatan government

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Wednesday, 29 Apr 2020 BY EMMANUEL SANTA MARIA CHIN

Formey deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the Qatari donation was made out by the Qatar Charity (QC) to the NGOs involved and not through the government. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — Former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail today responded to the Umno president who questioned how US$50 million (RM218million) in donations for the Rohingya community here was used.

In response to a Facebook post by Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi yesterday, Dr Wan Azizah pointed out that the Qatari donation was made out by the Qatar Charity (QC) to the NGOs involved and not through the government.

UAE campaign raises $17.7m to support Rohingya refugees

arabian Bussiness
By Sam Bridge
Sat 01 Jun 2019   
 

From the UAE for Rohingya Children and Women aims to help more than 1.2 million refugees

Rohingya Muslim refugees. (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

A nationwide campaign in the UAE to support Rohingya refugees has raised a total of AED65 million ($17.7 million).

From the UAE for Rohingya Children and Women aims to escalate the UAE's efforts from providing emergency humanitarian assistance to sustainable programmes that help meet the growing needs of education, food, health services, water, sanitation and shelter materials for more than 1.2 million refugees, including 720,000 children, 240,000 women, and 48,000 elderly people.