KRCS, IRC sign accord to rehabilitate refugees
Kuwait keen to help needy: Sayer Group
BEIRUT, April 15, (KUNA): A new agreement, worth $188,000, was signed between Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) and the International Red Cross (IRC) to rehabilitate Syrian refugees in Lebanon who were wounded during the conflict in their country, said a Kuwaiti official Friday.
KRCS representative in Lebanon Musa’ad Al-Enizi told KUNA that the agreement was part of the society’s continuous efforts to help Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
The agreement will also include other nationalities, said the Kuwaiti official who stressed that Syrian refugees will have the priority in receiving rehabilitation treatments. On his part, Head of the IRC delegation in Lebanon Fabrizio Carboni said that his organization was keen on bolstering efforts with KRCS to help all those who are in need including Syrian refugees in the country.
The mission for the Syrian refugees will continue with other international partners to ease the pain of those who are suffering, said the IRC Carboni.
Living up to its UN recognition as International “Humanitarian Center,” the State of Kuwait continued assisting needy people in a number of countries in the region throughout the week.
Last Monday, Somalia’s Embassy in Kuwait voiced appreciation to the State of Kuwait for its relief aid to Somalian people during the recent drought wave that hit the country.
The embassy said in a release obtained by KUNA that it was very grateful to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber AlSabah’s instructions called for helping Somalians.
The Kuwait-based Mercy International, affiliated to the Association of Social Reform, had announced the launch of an urgent relief campaign for the victims of drought in Somalia.
The campaign delivered medical programs, food packages and mobile water tanks. The aid was handed out in cooperation with Kuwait’s Zakat House, the Kuwait Relief Society, the International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) and Al-Najat Charity In Lebanon, Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) decided Thursday to pay the costs of a kidney transplant for an Iraqi three-year child, as part of the society’s philanthropic work and support to urgent critical cases.
The KRCS delegate to Lebanon Musaed Al-Enezi told KUNA that the society decided to take this move in favor of Amir Bashar Aboud who has to be operated on as soon as possible.
The society’s humanitarian efforts are part of Kuwait’s philanthropic initiatives extended to the needy around the globe, Al-Enezi said.
On his part, the child’s father expressed gratitude to the KRCS and the entire Kuwaiti people for the generous assistance offered to his son, and to many other people.
He told KUNA that he discovered that his son was suffering kidney failure when the child was still six months old. His case has aggravated since then, and now it is critical.
Shebl Murani, the doctor supervising the child’s case, told KUNA that the little boy arrived in the Lebanese capital with full renal failure and was admitted to the ICU. He added that the family could not afford a kidney transplant for the kid.
The KRCS has provided the costs of scores of refugees in Lebanon over the last years through the kidney dialysis it launched in north of the country.
In Akkar, northern Lebanon, AlSayer Group’s CEO, Hamad Al-Sayer said Friday that Kuwait is always keen to provide a helping hand to people who are in need of aid worldwide.
Speaking to KUNA during a visit to Al-Rihaniyeh Syrian refugee camp in Akkar, the Kuwaiti official said that the visit, by officials from Al-Sayer group and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), was to assess efforts to provide electricity and warm water using portable and stationary solar panels.