ALGERIA-ALGIERS-CHINA-DONATION-WILD FIRE

ALGERIA-ALGIERS-CHINA-DONATION-WILD FIRE

(220823) -- ALGIERS, Aug. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Qian Jin (L), the charge d'affaires at the Chinese embassy in Algeria, hands over a cheque to Ibtissem Hamlaoui, the president of the Algerian Red Crescent, during a donation ceremony in Algiers, Algeria, on Aug. 22, 2022. The Algerian Red Crescent (ARC) received a donation from China worth 16 million Algerian dinars (113,000 U.S. dollars) to help Algerian families affected by the recent deadly wildfires. The donation, given by the Chinese Embassy in Algeria and the Chinese General Association of Commerce, was received by the ARC on Monday evening, which was attended by Chinese and Algerian officials. (Xinhua/Wu Tianyu)

Algerian Red Crescent receives Chinese donation for wildfire affected families

STORY: Algerian Red Crescent receives Chinese donation for wildfire affected families DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the donation ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): IBTISSEM HAMLAOUI, President of Algerian Red Crescent STORYLINE: The Algerian Red Crescent (ARC) on Monday received a monetary donation worth 16 million Algerian dinars (about 113,000 U.S. dollars) from the Chinese Embassy in Algeria and the Chinese General Association of Commerce in Algeria. The donation is destined to help families affected by the wildfires that hit a number of provinces in northern Algeria last week, which claimed the lives of 37 people and left hundreds of families without shelter. Ibtissem Hamlaoui, president of the ARC, said the Chinese donation would be transferred urgently for rebuilding and renovating destroyed houses to reunite displaced families. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): IBTISSEM HAMLAOUI, President of Algerian Red Crescent "The brotherly People's Repub