Kuwait continues to deliver humanitarian aid worldwide
Kuwait continued to deliver humanitarian aid to people in need and fund developmental projects in Asia and Africa this past week. In Yemen, a Kuwaiti campaign launched a project offering shelter aid to displaced Yemenis from governorates of Al-Hudaydah and Ta’iz in Al-Buraiqah Directorate, west of Aden. The campaign aims to secure food, water, education and housing Aid was delivered to 150 people, out of 1,200 targeted by the campaign, the Yemeni-Kuwaiti Relief Agency said in a statement.
Meanwhile in Iraq, Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) distributed a total of 60,000 liters of fuel to cover the needs of 3,000 displaced Iraqi families, who recently arrived to Mosul’s refugee camps. KCRS also financed the surgical procedures and treatments for Iraqis who sustained wounds during the ongoing military operations against the so-called Islamic State (IS) in parts of Mosul.
Moreover, Kuwait’s Al-Najat Charity has financed the digging of ten wells in Irbil to provide water for displaced Iraqis. Kuwait also continued to provide financial aid as part of its campaign to sponsor and support 4,000 orphans in Iraq’s Kurdistan.
As for Lebanon, KRCS delivered 500 food parcels to 400 Syrian refugee families in the northernmost region of Akkar. In Turkey, Kuwait’s International Islamic Charity Organization (IICO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Turkey’s Red Crescent on building joint strategic partnership to aid the poor and needy in war-torn countries.
Meanwhile, during the Syria’s Developmental Vistas Conference held in Istanblul, Kuwait’s Al-Rahma International and Turkey’s “Ataa charity for relief and development” agreed on establishing a $3 million fund to support small Syrian enterprises. In Somalia, the International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) distributed 18,000 food parcels to 3,050 families suffering from food shortage resulting from drought. IICO President Abdullah Al-Matoug said the campaign comes in response to an appeal for helping the victims of famine in the northern, eastern and southern parts of the East African country.
In Egypt, the Egyptian Government and Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) signed the second loan accord, worth KD 18.5 million ($55 million). The agreement is designed to contribute to financing construction of a sea water desalination plant in East Port Said. The two sides also inked a grant worth KD 100,000 to fund a project for organic and biodynamic agriculture in North Sinai.