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Syrians in Idlib receive food aid packages during Ramadan

Filipino Muslims receive COVID-19 cash aid on first day of Ramadan

Marikina City, Apr 13 (EFE/EPA).- Filipino Muslims on Monday received financial assistance as part of a relief program for families affected by COVID-19 lockdown measures.As Muslims in Metro Manila began to observe the holy fasting month of Ramadan, family members allowed outside their homes spent part of the first day queueing in aid centers to avail of financial aid amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).SHOT LIST: MUSLIM MEN PRAY AT MIDDAY AT AN INDOOR BASKETBALL COURT IN MARIKINA CITY, AND FILIPINO MUSLIMS RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS PART OF A RELIEF PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES AFFECTED BY COVID-19 LOCKDOWN MEASURES IN MARIKINA CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.

Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants in Miami receive food aid amid pandemic

Miami, May 12 (EFE / EPA).- The Venezuela Awareness Foundation on Tuesday donated food and aid packages to hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants awaiting the approval of their status in Miami who have been left in a precarious situation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The Venezuela Awareness Foundation and the Presidente supermarket have joined forces to help these immigrants.Patricia Andrade, director of the Foundation, told Efe that these newly arrived families were left in limbo because they did not manage to receive documents that are necessary to receive the federal aid during the pandemic.(Camera: CRISTOBAL HERRERA).SHOTLIST: STAFFS FROM THE VENEZUELA AWARENESS FOUNDATION AND PRESIDENTE SUPERMARKET TRANSPORTING AID PACKAGES TO DONATE THEM TO VENEZUELAN IMMIGRANTS.SOUNDBITES: PATRICIA ANDRADE, DIRECTOR OF THE VENEZUELA AWARENESSS FOUNDATION (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: The Venezuelans who jusr arrived in the US were shocked by the coronavirus and those who were requesting political asylum are in a precarious state. This food aid is going to give them the relief they sorely need.

Syrians say aid is not enough, as food distributed in rural Damascus

15,000 receive food aid in Damascus as Kobani fighting continues

At least 15,000 residents of the battered Damascus neighborhood of Yalda line up in snow covered streets to receive food aid, as fighting continues in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani. Mana Rabiee reports.