Syria's White Helmets receive $1.2m to make PPE

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Syria's White Helmets have been awarded more than $1.2 million in funding to make personal protective equipment (PPE), the Guardian has reported. The funding comes from Humanitarian Grand Challenge (HGC), a non-profit organisation funded by the UK, US, and Dutch governments. Funds from the charity have already kickstarted the White Helmets' PPE production. The HGC funded facility has produced an estimated 2 million masks, as well as protective gowns and face shields commonly used to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The facility has also been used to dispose of used PPE for north-west Syria's vulnerable population of more than 3 million people. The White Helmet's deputy general manager of humanitarian affairs Munir Mustafa said the pandemic "was the most difficult […]

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