Kuwaiti-funded student aid project in Malaysia completed: IESCO
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11, (KUNA): An assistance project funded by Kuwait’s International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) to help needy foreign students in Malaysia was accomplished, the organization said on Thursday.
The project includes paying fees for those students, and teaching and interpreting Quran, Prophet Hadith and the biography of the Prophet via three separate competitions which featured 300 male and female students.
The scheme was carried out by the International Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IESCO) to benefit tens of students from 15 countries.
Commenting on the move, Ali alFudhli, head of operations at IICO, expressed pride of the organization for working and partnership with IESCO through carrying out several mega projects.
Both public and private charities have been backing education and disseminating knowledge, upon the directives of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, he added.
Meanwhile, IESCO CEO Mahmoud Shaqfah said that educational institutions are facing big challenges and responsibilities at a time when Muslim and Arab countries suffer conflicts and wars that aggravate poverty rates and toughen living conditions.
In other news, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society, Dr. Hilal AlSayer, said last week that the International Day of Charity Work aims to raise awareness and motivate people and non-governmental organizations around the world to help others through volunteering, charitable activities and supporting public services in the areas of medical care, education, housing and child protection.
In a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on the occasion of the International Day of Charity Day, which falls on September 5 of each year, Al-Sayer added that the State of Kuwait attaches great importance to charitable work as a humanitarian value based on giving, especially the humanitarian initiatives directed by the wise political leadership to provide relief to the afflicted and affected by the COVID-19 around the world.
“As we celebrate the International Day of Charity Work, we recall with gratitude and appreciation in the contribution of benefactors and symbols of charitable work, the deceased and the present, volunteers and workers in the charitable field for their tireless pursuit towards providing a better life for others and alleviating crises and disasters for the needy, the weak, orphans, widows and the elderly,” he said.
He referred to the efforts made and are still being made by the State of Kuwait, government and people, in the field of charitable work and alleviating the suffering of many people and societies stricken by natural disasters or humanitarian crises.
He stated that the association achieved a great spectrum at the local level and expanded the umbrella of beneficiaries of its programs and humanitarian assistance, as it included all needy families registered in the association’s statements and marginal employment, as well as its effective contribution to providing needs to combat the corona virus.
He explained that the association, with the support of the Kuwaiti society and its partners at home and abroad, has helped many countries affected by natural or man-made disasters through its relief, health and shelter projects, contributing to alleviating the suffering of millions of afflicted, referring to the efforts of the association in Yemen, Sudan, Lebanon, the Rohingya in Bangladesh and the Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey.
It is noteworthy that in 2012 the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 67/105, at the initiative of the Permanent Mission of Hungary, declaring September 5th as the International Day of Charity Work.