Kuwait Food Bank starts drive for victims of Indonesia’s earthquake
MoSAL stops fin support for NGOs conferences
Photo from the celebration held by the students for KRCS at Beit Jasmine
School in the town of Hawish Al Huraima in Lebanon. KUWAIT CITY, Oct 14, (KUNA): The Kuwait Food Bank announced Sunday that it had launched a campaign to aid the victims of Indonesia’s floods and earthquake, which resulted in the death of over 2,000 individuals and severe damages to infrastructure.
Director General of the Kuwait Food Bank, Salem Al-Hamar said that the natural disasters, which hit the city of Palu in the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, had led to considerable losses and destruction beyond imagination, affirming that the campaign launched by the bank was aimed at easing a bit of the suffering felt by the victims.
The campaign is within His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s directives to aid all those in need worldwide, said Al-Hamar who called on the people of Kuwait to contribute to this just and humanitarian cause by providing their donations to the bank headquarter in Al-Adailiyah area.
Meanwhile, NonGovernmental Organizations Affairs Department in Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor has stopped financially supporting internal and foreign conferences for NGOs due to lack of budget, reports Aljarida daily quoting informed sources.
They explained that the ministry, during the months of April, May and June, disbursed nearly KD 87,000 for internal and foreign conferences. From this amount, KD 78,000 was disbursed for three internal activities Scientific Center for Young Researchers and Inventors, An educational conference organized by Kuwait Teachers Society and a conference concerning Printing Quran in Braille language.
Furthermore, SecretaryGeneral of Kuwait Institute for Medical Specializations (KIMS) Dr Ibrahim Hadi has confirmed the admission of 23 Kuwaiti doctors to special programs in six Canadian universities, praising the coordinated efforts of KIMS and these universities right after the announcement of vacant seats for these programs in June, reports Al-Anba daily.
In a press statement, Hadi disclosed a delegation from the Canadian universities visited Kuwait and met the applicants who met the conditions for admission to the special programs. He said the interviews were conducted in the presence of delegations from the Canadian universities.
In another development Ministry of Health has not requested the provision of certifications for the recruitment of doctors, nurses and assistant medical professionals, reports Al-Rai daily quoting informed sources from Civil Service Commission (CSC).
They clarified that, if the ministry submitted such a request, CSC would have addressed the Cabinet and presented the matter to the Economic Affairs Committee of the Cabinet to discuss the provision of required certification in coordination with the concerned bodies.
The sources affirmed the continuation of implementation of Kuwaitization policy in governmental agencies by CSC to achieve the percentages required in the Kuwaitization process within the next five years.
Salem Al-Hamar
Bader Al Kharafi, Eaman Al Roudhan, and Hamad Al Marzouq viewing one of the smart solutions at Zain’s
booth.