Updated
Friday, 28th May 2021, 1:14 pm
Families and children experiencing severe poverty in India during the pandemic will be receiving vital emergency support thanks to a grant of £50,000 from Warwickshire Freemasons.
The £50,000 grant is enough to provide an expected 1,700 emergency food parcels for some of the most vulnerable families whose livelihoods have been affected during the pandemic.
Health services across India have been overwhelmed by the latest wave of coronavirus, and Freemasonry, through the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) and Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF), is responding with Plan International to support them by providing essential items, and training.
A woman from Odisha state receiving an emergency food parcel. Photo supplied
The United Grand Lodge of England, which administers the two English Lodges of Freemasons in Malta, has categorically denied any involvement in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
The lodge said the Grand Master of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Malta, which is an entirely separate organisation, had also presented himself to the police to assist them with investigations.
“We have every confidence that the police will fully investigate the matter.”
Times of Malta is informed that the Grand Master, a Maltese national, met with the police on Wednesday.
Their statement was published two days after pardoned middleman Melvin Theuma testified in court how freemasons were linked to the murder of Caruana Galizia.
Plan International has launched a COVID-19 response in eight states in India where we run sponsorship programmes, covering 29 districts. We aim to reach more than 6,000 vulnerable families with food ration packages and hygiene kits.
Plan International DURHAM Freemasons have contributed to a £50,000 grant to provide vital emergency support to families and children experiencing severe poverty in India during the Covid-19 pandemic. The cash boost from Freemasons to Plan International UK is enough to provide an expected 1,700 emergency food parcels for some of the most vulnerable families whose livelihoods have been affected during the pandemic. Health services across India have been overwhelmed by the latest wave of coronavirus, and Freemasonry, through the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) and Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF), is responding with Plan International to support them by providing essential items, and training.