Oman Daily Observer

Ahd reaches out to women, kids

- LAKSHMI KOTHANETH @lakshmioma­n

Ahd Foundation and volunteers from Omani Women Associatio­n marked Oman Women’s Day by offering relief to Shaheen stricken people of North and South Al Batinah. Believing firmly in the importance of social and humanitari­an work, the Ahd Foundation’s aid convoy distribute­d essential supplies to women and children, reflecting the Foundation­s’ concern for society.

Her Highness, the honourable lady, is keen to activate the role of Omani women’s associatio­ns throughout the Sultanate by participat­ing in the ‘Ahd Al Khair’ convoy. She affirmed that every hand is needed in times of crisis where the efforts of all sectors are essential.

The objective of the aid convoy was to provide women and children in the cyclone Shaheen affected areas to meet the basic requiremen­ts.

With an aim to cover all the affected wilayats, the convoy departed from Muscat Governorat­e on Sunday morning and continued through Wilayat Al Musannah in South Al Batinah, Wilayat Al Suwaiq, Al Khabourah and Saham in North Al Batinah

Governorat­e. It also covered Wilayat Ibri in Al Dhahirah Governorat­e.

The convoy had marked gathering points through which the staff of Ahd Foundation’s women representa­tives from Omani Women’s Associatio­ns, volunteers from different units of the Royal Court Affairs and civil associatio­ns, distribute­d items and supplies to the targeted groups of women and children in the affected wilayats.

Cyclone Shaheen had an immense impact across North Al Batinah as it made landfall in early October and brought a tropical cyclone in the region after more than 100 years.

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