PH pledges P4.86-M to help conflict-torn Yemen
Published 2 months ago
While Manila is also reeling from the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Locsin underscored the “duty to look after one another and reach out to those who are experiencing the direst of situations.” (File photo from DFA via PIA)
MANILA – The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), on Friday, pledged USD100,000 (approximately PHP4.86 million) to help address the worsening situation and famine faced by conflict-torn Yemen.
“Knowing my President’s soft heart for cruelly treated children, I raised our donation in the Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen to USD100,000 and promised to scrape up some more. Money saved from travels goes to the victims of barbarous proxy wars of big powers,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said.