Azerbaijan sends humanitarian aid to Lybia

1 March 2013 11:53 (UTC+04:00)

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As a part of the "Struggle against avertable loss of sight" campaign, Azerbaijan International Development Agency (AIDA) of the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) have sent a humanitarian aid to Ubaru, Libya .

The campaign is the continuation of a similar action implemented in Burkina-Faso and Chad on December 12, 2012. During the action 1,165 local residents passed free check-up, in addition, successful cataract surgery was carried for 200 patients with partial or complete loss of vision.

Azerbaijan`s humanitarian campaign was covered by local media. AIDA and IDB plan to implement campaign in eight more African countries.