Report by Mohammed Abu Bakr Agencies
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 24, (KUNA): Living upto its UN recognition as an ‘International Humanitarian Center’ Kuwait continued aiding people in need throughout the world last week, which ranged from aid relief work to awareness initiatives and calls for dialogue and peace.
Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) announced on Monday (November 19th) that it has continued its “Warm Winter” relief campaign for the benefit of Syrian brothers in Syria’s neighboring countries through the campaign headquarters this week at Al-Kout Mall.
Deputy Chairman of KRCS Anwar Al-Hasawi said in a press statement that the campaign launched two weeks ago through donations and gifts of good people is not only aimed at providing heating means but also create an integrated environment to meet the harsh winter conditions for those who are in need.
Al-Hasawi called on all individuals and institutions in Kuwait to support this campaign with their donations, adding that they can donate through the official website of KRCS or through the headquarters of their campaign at Al-Kout Mall or visit the Society in Shuwaikh area.
And from Kuwait to Iraq, where the Consulate General of Kuwait in Erbil on Wednesday, 21 November, celebrated the International Children’s Day through a ceremony for children with special needs through a training course.
In a statement to KUNA, the Kuwaiti Consul General in Erbil Omar Al-Kandari said that the rehabilitation course comes within the interests of Kuwait in various aspects of life for the displaced and on the occasion of the International Children’s Day.
Al-Kandari pointed out that this occasion comes within the framework of the implementation of the initiative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to help the Iraqi people in the humanitarian campaign “Kuwait beside you” to alleviate the suffering of the Iraqi people.
For his part, Erbil governor Nawaz Hadi hailed various Kuwait aid and
Anwar Al-Hasawi Side of the order of varied meals and equipped in refrigerator of Heritage Revival Society in Omariya.
said in a statement to KUNA that Kuwait added to its activities for displaced people and refugees in the region, another humanitarian activity in the field of awareness and psychological rehabilitation for people with special needs.
Established
Kuwait has established during the last period a psychological rehabilitation for students who have been through wars and destruction, for teachers from Mosul and attended by educational specialists from Kuwait. Kuwait has paid great attention to the health of displaced Iraqis and the Kurdistan region of Iraq, where it sent tons of medicines and medical supplies by air and land to treat the displaced Iraqis.
In Baghdad, the Iraqi Medical Association Unified Relief and Development, a humanitarian organization inaugurated a conference hall at its new headquarters in the name of “Kuwait Hall” in recognition of its relief efforts in support of Iraq.
In a statement to KUNA, Kuwaiti Ambassador Salem Al-Zamanan praised the naming of the hall on behalf of Kuwait, pointing out that this reflects the role of his country in humanitarian relief in Iraq.
Al-Zamanan stressed that Kuwait believes that the security, stability and safety of Iraq is the security, stability and safety of the entire region.
Kuwait’s humanitarian role is not limited to providing aid and relief, but rather spreading awareness, peace and dialogue. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Islamic Charitable Organization, Dr. Abdullah Al-Ma’touq in Berlin confirmed this on Monday, November 19, when he called for the promotion of dialogue channels between religions and civilizations.
This came in a speech delivered by Al-Ma’touq at the international conference entitled “Development of Interreligious Dialogue and Civilizational Dialogue for Cooperation” hosted by Berlin for two days.
Al-Ma’touq praised the Islamic civilization, saying that it “embodied the best models of tolerance and co-existence among nations and peoples of different civilizations, cultures and races to recognize a system of shared values.”
He called for the final statement of the conference to include a recommendation to condemn all extremist practices and policies that threaten the security and safety of the peoples of the world, regardless of the religion of the perpetrators of extremism and their culture.
As usual, Kuwait’s efforts have
A worker of a branch of the Heritage Revival Society cleans one of the refrigerators.
been internationally acclaimed. This time the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) praised the Kuwaiti role in two different occasions.
“I would like to express my deep appreciation and thanks to the State of Kuwait for its generous contribution to the basic services of UNRWA for Palestinian refugees,” said Peter Mulrean, Director UNRWA Representative Office in New York.
This support comes from Kuwait, while in 2018 UNRWA faced the most serious financial crisis in its history. This support played a vital role in supporting UNRWA’s core services for education, health, relief and social services for more than 5 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza and the West Bank, including Jerusalem, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
The International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) announced at a press conference on Monday that it will host the eighth annual conference of active partnership and exchange of information for better humanitarian action.
Role
IICO Director General Eng Bader Al-Sumait said that the Kuwaiti attention for humanitarian activities is an affirmation of its role and leadership in the humanitarian field.
Al-Sumait revealed that the conference will be held next Monday, 26 November under the slogan “One humanity against hunger” under the patronage of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
For his part, Chairman of the Media Committee of the Conference Khaled Al-Khulaifi said that the media objectives of the conference are embodied in the awareness of the dangers of hunger that threaten many countries of the world.
Al-Khulaifi noted that the conference will be covered by several media outlets and will include a number of media events.
Meanwhile, ‘Kuwait’s benevolent refrigerator’, a new charitable work carried out by the Kuwaiti well doers, stands high as a testament to a relentless desire and an unflagging quest of people who stretched their white hands to assist the needy all over the globe.
A new charitable work of this benevolent people, many Kuwaitis have decided to install “Benevolent refrigerators” infront of their homes to be a corner for the needy and a practical solution for the surplus food left behind after conclusion of a wedding or a party and instead of it being thrown in the garbage, it is kept in these refrigerators so that the poor and the needy can benefit from it without waiting for reward or thanks.
As a manifestation of the wellknown reputation of the Kuwaitis, those refrigerators spread from Khalidiya, Shamiya and Nizha to Yarmouk, Omariya, Fintas, Sulaibikhat, Ardiya, Jahra and Andalus to Farwaniya, Surra and Adan.
These refrigerators, formed with the Food Bank and voluntary efforts to distribute food to those in need, form one of the leading factors in Kuwait, and at the Arab and international levels, and is among the best countries for the 2018 hunger index issued by the International Food Policy Institute of the United Nations.
These refrigerators need special care and attention to be able to overcome the serious challenges revealed by the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) investigation so that this good work adds a new human achievement to Kuwait’s record that is close to the limit of miracles.
“The refrigerator in our area is a good initiative by my neighbour Ali Al-Sanea, who has been the first to come up with this idea,” said Namshan Al-Namshan, a former adviser to the Minister of State for Municipal Affairs.
He added that the first erected refrigerator was meant to save the surplus food for the needy people, pointing out that his neighbours also pitched in in this humanitarian project.
Al-Namshan emphasized that what is supplied into these refrigerators is “the main meal of the family and not what is left on the table,.
On his part, Farwaniya Mayor Mutlaq Al-Mi’asib said that the food refrigerators “are in line with the solutions of the Food Organization to reduce the proportion of wasted food, calling for the donation of surplus and use the remaining food for another meal or use of inevitable food in the manufacture of organic fertilizer.
He suggested that refrigerators should be organized by informing the owners to set them up by the nearest cooperative branches in the area, expressing hope such refrigerators be monitored by a health ministry or municipality personnel to ensure hygiene.
Hasan Ajeel, another charitable worker, hailed aa good example of refrigerators set up in the areas of Sulaibikhat and Ardia where food in those refrigerators was nicely organized.