Addis Ababa — The Ethiopian Red Cross Society has today donated medical supplies and equipment to draught and conflict affected areas in Amhara, Oromia, Tigray and Benishangul-Gumuz regions.

The donation will be distributed to 32 health facilities located across the four regions, it was learned.

Health Bureau Heads and representatives of the regions have received the donation from the officials of the association today.

Acting Secretary General of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society, Abera Dumasei on the occasion highlighted the humanitarian assistance being provided by the association to help victims of manmade and natural disasters in Ethiopia.

The association had launched several development projects last year that aims at creating disaster resilience communities in the aforementioned four regions with a budget of 14.5 million euros obtained from the government of Britannia.

Supporting the health facilities with medical and equipment supplies is one of the objectives of the project, he added.