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ERC to fund scholarships for 200 nursing students in 7 countries
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The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), which seeks to address the acute shortage of nurses globally and the crunch that has been felt like never before owing to the raging Covid-19 pandemic, will fund scholarships for 200 nursing students in seven countries.
The initiative, known as Ataya , which formed a decade ago, would benefit students in the UAE, India, the Philippines, Egypt, Mauritania, Albania and Bosnia, said Sheikha Shamsa bint Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, wife of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler s Representative in the Western Region, Assistant to the Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) for Women’s Affairs, and Chairperson of the Higher Committee for Ataya initiative. In a virtual Press conference, Mohammed Yousef Al Fahim, Deputy Secretary-General of Support Services, Emir