KRCS sends six trucks of food, medical supplies to Lebanon MoSA, KRCS organize aid campaigns for Khartoum

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 10: The Ministry of Social Affairs, through the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS), announced the launch of an urgent donation campaign for the relief of the Sudanese people, given the current conditions that the sisterly country of Sudan is going through, reports Al-Seyassah daily.

In a statement to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), the ministry said, “With regard to arranging foreign relief campaigns, coordination is being made with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding these campaigns in compliance with the Cabinet’s decision to coordinate with Kuwaiti charities send aid to the affected areas.”

The sources added, “Based on the statement issued by the Council of Ministers last Monday, which referred to the recent floods which the Sudan was exposed to, and the consequent human losses and significant material damage, called for sending urgent relief and supply materials.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in coordination with the Kuwait Red Crescent Society these materials to be delivered to those affected.

The sources explained after the statement was issued, charity societies wishing to provide humanitarian aid were instructed to work according to the mechanism that was determined by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning money transfers through the accounts of the bodies approved and included in the humanitarian work system, by submitting these requests to the Ministry of Social Affairs in order to take the necessary measures in this regard.

Agencies add:

Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) sent on Thursday a convoy consisting of six trucks loaded with food and medical supplies, under the campaign “With you Lebanon” to help the Lebanese people recover after last month’s Beirut’s port explosion.

Speaking to KUNA, Chairman of KRCS Dr Hilal Al-Sayer stated that the relief convoy consists of six trucks carrying 100 tons of aid to support Lebanese people after the terrible blast that occurred in Beirut, which killed at least 170 people and injured over 6,000 others.

Trucks contained medical supplies including food, clothes, medicine and medical equipment, Al-Sayer added.