Weekly roundup of Kuwait’s humanitarian efforts
KUWAIT: Living up to its UN-bestowed status as an International Humanitarian Center, Kuwait continued to aid needy people throughout the week. Starting domestically, the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) launched winter aid campaign for 5,000 most vulnerable families in Kuwait. The low-income families will get provisions of food and winter clothing, blankets as well as heaters.
Volunteer Jaafar Al-Jamali from the local aid department said the distribution of winter clothes started on Monday and would continue “until we reach our target of 5,000 families.” He said the clothes would be distributed to needy families, widows, divorcees, patients and lowincome individuals.
In Gaza, Atia Bani, a Palestinian child, currently lives almost a normal life using two prosthetic legs fitted to his body with financial contributions by the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS). He has restored his normal life and has become able to proceed with his daily chores due to the medical help provided by the Kuwait Red Crescent, said Redha Khodhr, the KRCS representative in Palestine. The KRCS had responded to an appeal for help by Bani’s low-income family, Khodhr said, indicating that other Palestinian children with amputated legs had received such help and became able to go to school and do other daily activities. However, there are still 200 cases that need such aid, said Khodhr, hoping that they get the help very soon.
Bani’s mother said that the Kuwait Red Crescent had responded to the appeal for help quickly and in seven days, the association secured a sum to cover expenses of implanting the prosthetic legs to her son. His family expressed gratitude to the State of Kuwait, namely His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber AlSabah, for the continuous support for the Palestinian people. The Palestinian child was born with deformities in the lower part of his body and other health problems.
In Ankara, Kuwait’s Al-Najat Charity Society announced on Wednesday sponsoring more than 1,500 Syrian refugee students in the cities of Hatay and Sanliurfa in southern Turkey. The society has schools in several countries, including Turkey, for development and progress of societies and peoples are achieved through education, said director of the external education department Ibrahim Al-Bader.
Bader pointed out that the Syrian students are receiving the best education and educational services that combine authenticity, modernity and Islamic values, he said, adding that the Shanli Orfa School achieved first place among schools in the southern regions of Turkey. He also revealed that the Turkish Ministry of Education approved the establishment of Al-Najat charity school to host more than 1,000 students. Bader also said the society also sponsored more than 50 students in a number of universities abroad, stressing the society’s keenness to support these students to complete their educational journey to be active in progress and renaissance of their countries. — KUNA