Kuwait to dispatch aid to Gazans: KRCS
KUWAIT/BEIRUT/HATAY: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) declared yesterday preparing a convoy of relief aid destined for the Palestinians in Gaza Strip. The assistance supplies will be dispatched via Rafah checkpoint in coordination with the Egyptian authorities.
The cargo includes 5,000 good parcels, 10,000 school bags, medical equipment and 10,000 mattresses, KRCS Chairman Dr Hilal AlSayer said.
Noting that the society has dispatched a chain of such convoys to the Palestinians, he affirmed that many families in the occupied territories live in “tragic conditions. He indicated that the aid would be dispatched within the coming days. Such tangible humanitarian overtures “are made with support from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah to aid our brothers in Gaza strip, and in continuation of the Kuwait policy of relieving brothers and friends,”Dr Sayer said.
Relief aid
Meanwhile, the KRCS continued with its process of handing out humanitarian and relief aid, mainly involving food and medicine, to thousands of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. The KRCS delivered the packages to refugees in the towns of Kab Ilyas in the Bekaa Valley and Deda in north Lebanon, said KRCS envoy Amad AlFaqaan. He said the packages were hand delivered to the refugees. The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has reached more than one million most of them in northern Lebanon.
Surgeries
Separately, Kuwait’s Shifa humanitarian team has conducted 62 surgeries for Syrian refugees in the southern city of Hatay, close to the Syrian borders, this week. The team concluded its mission Tuesday after conducting 62 surgeries for Syrian refugees, said Dr Talal Al-Fadhalah, team coordinator. He added that the team carried out five surgical operations, mostly plastic surgeries, and 14 surgical interventions for Syrian patients yesterday. The team conducted 12 and 10 surgeries on Monday and Sunday respectively. The wounds were caused by shrapnel, severe burns and complete disfigured eye lids, ears, lips and necks, said Al-Fadhala. Shifa humanitarian team, sponsored by Kuwait’s Zakat (alms) House, carried out its mission in cooperation with doctors from the LEAP Global Mission sand InterplastGermany.—KU NA