The Forrests’ $40 million donations for food, water and medical aid are now almost half of the value of the Australian government’s $82.5 million contribution to Palestinians.
Mining magnate Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest and Nicola Forrest will give another $18 million to humanitarian efforts in Gaza, making the billionaires’ $40 million donations in food, water and medical aid now worth almost half the value of the Australian government’s $82.5 million contribution to Palestinians.
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest has now given $40 million in funding for aid to the Gaza Strip during the conflict.The number of trucks carrying food and other goods to Gaza fell to around 130 per day on average in September, according to Israeli government statistics. That is below the average of 150 a day recorded since the beginning of the war, and far off the 600 trucks a day that the US Agency for International Development has said are required to address the threat of famine in wartime.
They said the funding would provide 1.5 million meals, while another $7.3 million will be donated to the United Nations’ World Food Programme, which is providing parcels to families in shelters, hot meals, support to bakeries, and nutritional products for mothers and children.Minderoo will also give $3.
It brings Minderoo’s donations to Gaza to about $40 million since last October. By comparison, the Australian government has given $82.5 million in humanitarian assistance to Gaza and the West Bank, with its latest $10 million in late September directed to UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund.The Albanese government also gave $2 million to UNICEF’s humanitarian work in Lebanon last week, as the war between Israel and Hezbollah escalated.
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