UAE praised for Italy donation to help those hard hit by COVID-19

ROME: The UAE has been praised for donating hundreds of winter clothes and a substantial sum of money for people hard hit by COVID-19 in the Italian city of Assisi, the birthplace of St. Francis.

The donation took place during an official ceremony at the local city hall, where the mayor met the UAE’s deputy ambassador to Italy, and also at the “solidarity store” run by the Catholic relief organization Caritas and the city’s social services, where a soup kitchen is organized daily for poor people living in the area.