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Dutch Lottery Gives to UN Refugee Agency

By Ma. Rizza Leonzon on 08 February 2010

The Dutch National Postcode Lottery has donated 1.4 million euros (USD1.9 million) to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Reuters reports.

 

“This is very good news for refugees, IDPs (internally displaced people) and stateless people around the world,” said UNHCR Regional Representative for Western Europe Wilbert van Hovell.

 

The lottery allocates 60 percent of its net income to back projects on development cooperation, human rights, nature preservation and social cohesion.

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Ma. Rizza Leonzon
As a staff writer, Rizza focuses mainly on business coverage, including key donors such as the Asian Development Bank and AusAID. She covers breaking business news particularly at the ADB and has conducted interviews with specialists from the Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank and other top players in international development. Rizza also contributes to the daily Development Newswire and other Devex publications.