The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has donated $500,000 to provide relief to the victims of a cyclone which hit Bangladesh last Thursday. This grant will be paid from the OFID's account for the natural disasters, The Director General of the Fund Suleiman bin Jassir told The Saudi Press Agency (SPA). OFID extends a number of grants including those for combating Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and others for technical support and for sustaining researches as well as other assistances and grants for the natural disasters, he elaborated.
