The campaign is an expansion of 2020’s 10 Million Meals campaign, which helped feed people in the UAE who had lost jobs or suffered salary cuts during the pandemic.
It also helped to feed people who would normally break their fast at iftars that are free of charge at mosques and other public places, which were cancelled last year due to the pandemic.
In a broader regional drive this year, Sudan, Lebanon, Jordan, Pakistan, Angola, Uganda and Egypt are among the countries who will benefit.
A website set up for the campaign allows people to fund 10 meals with as little as Dh10 to Dh500 or more.
The campaign’s target is to provide basic food items, sufficient to prepare up to 100m meals in targeted countries including Sudan, Lebanon, Jordan, Pakistan, Angola, Uganda and Egypt.
Updated 12 April 2021
April 12, 2021 03:01
TRIPOLI: Under a yellow tarpaulin stretched over an arched metal frame, Siraj Bechiya and his partner inspect their hydroponically grown lettuce, pioneers of the method in mostly desert Libya where conventional agriculture struggles.
Zip ties, punctured plastic cups as pots and PVC tubing bought in DIY shops hold the precious crops at “Green Paradise” so dubbed by the two young Libyan entrepreneurs spearheading the project.
But the ad hoc nature of the materials hasn’t stopped the plants from thriving, their long white roots nourished by water rich with nutrients and oxygen.
Bechiya and his partner, Mounir, have been working tirelessly on their project for months in the small town of Qouwea, 40 km east of the capital Tripoli, erecting a tunnel-shaped greenhouse surrounded by breeze-block walls on a semi-arid site.
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