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‘Caritas Austria president to visit Jordan’

Feb 10,2014 - Last updated at Feb 10,2014

AMMAN — The president of Caritas Austria, Michael Landau, is scheduled to visit Jordan this month with a delegation of journalists, according to an Austrian embassy statement issued this week.

Ahead of this visit, Landau “has been appealing to the Austrian population to extend a helping hand to Syrian refugees once more”, the statement said.

“For the year 2014, Caritas plans to provide at least 10,000 children with their basic needs for one year.

This is our goal.

With your help it can be achieved,” the statement quoted Landau as saying.

Since the outbreak of the conflict in March 2011, Caritas Austria has put forward a total of 3.5 million euros in emergency relief to Syrian refugees in the region, the statement said.

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