Funds donated to flood victims

Thu, 12 Aug 2010

£75,000 has been donated to areas of natural disaster by the Isle of Man Goverment.

The Overseas Aid Committee has given £40,000 to the Disasters Emergency Committee, which is providing aid to those affected by the flooding in Pakistan.

Over 1600 people have died in the floods.

£35,000 has been sent to Burkina Faso in Africa, which is also suffering from flooding, leaving 60,000 people homeless.