KRCS launches campaign to ‘Relieve Gaza’

Move aims at raising donations

KUWAIT CITY, May 15, (KUNA): Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) is launching a five-day campaign themed “Relieve Gaza,” as of Wednesday, aimed at raising donations for aiding the Palestinian people namely the Gazans.

KRCS Chairman Dr Hilal AlSayer said in a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on Tuesday that the campaign is the latest of ongoing relief and humanitarian aid to brotherly and friendly nations, stricken with crises and hardships.

This campaign is particularly aimed at securing urgent needs such as medical supplies and medicines to treat victims of the Israeli attacks on the Palestinian people, he said, indicating that some aid had already reached hospitals and clinics in Gaza.

He affirmed keenness on standing on side of the victims in Gaza and enhancing their capabilities to cope with the current circumstances.

Latest Israeli attacks on the Palestinians in Gaza resulted in martyrdom of 58 Palestinians and injury of 2,771 others. The martyrs have left behind hundreds of orphans and widows, he has said, urging all financially capable people to donate for the Palestinians on humanitarian grounds.

This campaign reflects sincere feelings of the Kuwaiti people toward their brothers in Palestine, he said.

The KRCS has prepared well for securing dispatch of the aid to the Palestinian people, in coordination with the State of Palestine and neighboring countries.

He urged citizens, namely businessmen, to donate to help the Palestinians cope with the current crisis.