Kuwait reaches out to those in need around the region
KUWAIT: Last week was marked with plentiful humanitarian works by Kuwaiti institutions and humanitarian agencies to provide relief and assistance to those in need in the region and around the world. Director General of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) Dr Hilal AlSayer made sure the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross societies take on their responsibilities in providing assistance to those who need it. He was speaking during a consultative session, grouping his peers from other Arab countries, held in preparation for the forthcoming constitutional meeting of heads of relief associations at the Organization of Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Societies. The meeting aims for a resolution to boost collaborated works and efforts to serve humanitarian missions and strengthen cooperation between relief and humanitarian association with authorities in other fields, in addition to responding to the needs of migrants who have lost homes due to natural or manmade causes.
KRCS had also taken on another cause by providing financial assistance for a kidney transplant for a 19-year-old Lebanese girl after her condition worsened. Dr Sayer gave a statement during his visit of the girl at the hospital saying that decision was made to cover expenses of her operation after observing dangers of her condition that need an operation as soon as possible. The Kuwaiti society has also been helping cover healthcare expenses for tens of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, including children
wallowing in chronic ailments, as the KRCS has grown accustomed to helping out those less fortunate.
Training programs
In Aden, where Kuwait’s aid was also extended last week in the Shabwa and Aden provinces through the works of the professional’s qualification convoy project to benefiting 175 people, financed by the Sheikh Abdullah Al-Noori and ‘Kuwait by Your Side’ campaigns. This project provided five different training programs of 250 hours that benefitted 95 young men and women in Shabwa province to qualify for the working fields. An additional 80 individuals were also trained in a wide variety of fields including fixing machines, air conditioning, computers, mobiles, tablets and device maintenance.
Another project was also launched in Aden to provide sowing training for 150 women for three months to qualify them for work and also handing out sowing machines to all the trainees, which is funded by the Kuwait Relief Society as part of Kuwait by Your Side campaign. This project aims to provide women with an opportunity to work and financial aid for their families in provinces mostly affected by negative ramifications of the warfare.
In Irbil, North Iraq, 10 buses were donated to Mosul University to ease transportation for students-provided by Kuwait Relief Society under supervision of the Kuwaiti Consulate in Mosul. The Consul General of Kuwait in Irbil Dr Omar Al-Kanderi gave a statement saying 10 buses have been sent to the university in Mosul in line with resolutions that had been taken during the Kuwaithosted international conference to rebuild Iraq. Kuwait’s aid to the Syrian migrants extended to Turkey where three schools have been built in Shanly Urfa to provide education needed for Syrian and Turkish students to complete their education. One of the schools provides 20 classrooms for 550 students and 25 staff members, while the other two schools provide a spot for 1,150 students with 50 teachers and administrative staff.
1,000 food baskets
In the Jordanian capital Amman, 1,000 food baskets were handed out to families who are in need with basic nutritional needs as part of a joint humanitarian campaign. And after the Sudanese authorities announced casualties and damage caused by the floods, Kuwaiti societies were there to provide aid to those affected by the floods during the whole week with the arrival of three planes loaded with 110 tons of food and supplies. In a statement to the press, Ahmad Al-Sanousi, head of the relief society in Sudan, said that humanitarian aid from funding to food and supplies was provided for 500 families.