AhlulBayt News Agency

source : MNA
Sunday

7 August 2011

7:30:00 PM
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Grand ayatollah Shirazi donates about $9,500 to famine-struck Somalis

Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has granted 1 million rials (about $9500) to the Somalis.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has granted 1 million rials (about $9500) to the Somalis which have been suffering from severe famine and drought over the recent months.

Famine is declared when acute malnutrition rates among children exceed 30 percent, more than two people per 10,000 die per day, and people are not able to access food and other basic necessities, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

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