City of London donates £25,000 to British Red Cross East AfricaAppealThe City of London Corporation has donated £25,000 to theBritish Red Cross" East Africa Food Crisis Appeal to support thecharity"s work to provide emergency relief to the area.

The donation has been approved today (Thursday 14 July) by theCity of London. The British Red Cross says that more than tenmillion people in the Horn of Africa are facing severe drought,following very poor rainfall in the region, which includes Somalia,Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Uganda Michael Bear, Lord Mayor of the City of London, who leads adelegation to business centres in Africa in late August, said:"The British Red Cross does sterling work responding every yearto global disasters, including devastating floods and earthquakes.

We are happy to offer our support, in the hope that it providessome relief to people in East Africa."Roger Chadwick, Chairman of the City of London Corporation"sFinance Committee which approved the grant, said:"We have responded swiftly to previous appeals, such as aid forDarfur, Southern Africa and Pakistan, and I"m sure that the BritishRed Cross will put this latest donation to good use. We hope alsothat it will encourage others to give, too."In March last year, the City Corporation donated £25,000 to theBritish Red Cross" Libya and Region Appeal.