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President of Saharawi Red Crescent receives delegation of Handicap International

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 Shaheed Elhafed, May 31, 2015 (SPS) - President of the Saharawi Red Crescent Bouhoubeini Yahya received Sunday at the headquarters of his organization a delegation of International Handicap, on a working visit for some days in the Saharawi refugee camps.

 

During the meeting, both sides exchanged views on the humanitarian needs of the Sahrawi refugees, in particular the disabled and mines victims.

 

 "The purpose of my visit here in the Sahrawi refugee camps is to make contacts with the Saharawi authorities to see how Handicap International can effectively help the disabled persons worldwide particularly in terms of refugees, " said Ms. Corrine Gillet, Director of Handicap International in the Maghreb, in a statement to SPS.

 

 “We come today to restore ties after a long interruption of ten years and to see what can be done to help improve the conditions of the disabled persons," she added.

 

Handicap International is an independent, non-profit organization which aims to help disabled and vulnerable people in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. (SPS)

 

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