Contribution to combat COVID-19 pandemic

As part of the contribution Eritrean nationals inside the country and abroad, national associations, organizations as well as religious institutions and individuals are contributing to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church Holy Synod and employees of the Holy Synod contributed a total of 481thousand and 74 Nakfa.

Asmara, 13 May 2020- As part of the contribution Eritrean nationals inside the country and abroad, national associations, organizations as well as religious institutions and individuals are contributing to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church Holy Synod and employees of the Holy Synod contributed a total of 481thousand and 74 Nakfa.

It is to be recalled that previously the Holy Synod contributed 1 million Nakfa.

Similarly, six administrative areas in the Anseba region contributed a total of 56 thousand and 265 Nakfa while social service provisions institutions in the region contributed a total of 201 thousand and 250 Nakfa.
Social service provision institution in Dubarwa sub-zone also contributed a total of 40 thousand Nakfa.

In related news, Eritrean nationals residing in Khober and Dammam, Eastern Saudi Arabia, contributed additional 20 thousand and 150 Riyals. According to the Eritrean Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, nationals residing in Riyadh and its environs have so far contributed 582 thousand and 950 Riyals to the effort the people and Government of Eritrea are conducting to contain the spread of the corona virus pandemic.