More contribution to bolster National Fund

Asmara, 30 May 2020- Contribution by nationals to bolster the National Fund to combat COVID-19 pandemic is stepping up.

According to the Task Force of the Ministry of Health, affluent individuals in Tesenei contributed 273 thousand and 850 Nakfa, Mensura sub-zone 27 thousand and 79 Nakfa, and seven administrative areas in Tesenei sub-zone and St. Church in Tinsheai contributed a total of 65thousand and 390 Nakfa.

Similarly, ten administrative areas and small businesses in Dubarwa sub-zone contributed a total of 80 thousand and 587 Nakfa.

Other small business and cooperative associations in the Southern and Central regions also contributed a total of 21 thousand and 500 Nakfa.

The administrative areas of Guila, Mensura sub-zone, and Denbe-Gu’uf extended material and financial support.

In related news a number of administrative areas in the Northern and Southern Red Sea regions and members of the Eritrean Defense Forces in the areas extended financial and food items in support of disadvantaged citizens, while house owners decided that the families renting their houses to live free of rental fees ranging from one to seven months.