Kuwait extends aid to those in need
KUWAIT: Kuwait continued extending its humanitarian arm throughout the globe, helping those who are in dire need. Early last week, Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) sent a plane carrying humanitarian aid, to Djibouti to help those affected by the rains and floods. KRCS Director of Disasters Management Department, Youssef AlMaraj, said that the plane included tents, clothes, water pumps, blankets and first aid bags to help the friendly country to face the effects of the floods that swept the nation recently. The plane departed from Abdullah AlMubarak air base carrying 18 tons of humanitarian aid as well as several volunteers, he added. Maraj stressed the full cooperation with Kuwait’s Embassy in Djibouti and the Red Crescent Society there in helping to deliver the aid to the affected people. He expressed thanks and gratitude to the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for helping in sending this plane, stressing KRCS keenness on participating in humanitarian projects.
KRCS sent another relief aid on Wednesday to Djibouti, in collaboration with the Djibouti Red Crescent Society. Maraj said the society’s field team distributed materials and clothes to a village inhabited by 400 families, located in the borders of Djibouti, Somalia and Ethiopia. Maraj explained that the deprived families were chosen based on a field survey conducted by Djibouti’s Society, which supervised the distribution of humanitarian aid and reaching beneficiaries. Kuwaiti Ambassador to Djibouti Yousef AlQabandi, the embassy staff and numerous volunteers contributed to the distribution of aid to alleviate the suffering as a result of heavy rain and floods that caused damage to property and infrastructure, he mentioned.
The Kuwaiti Al-Najat Charitable Society distributed humanitarian aid to more than 10,000 Syrian refugees in the Turkish city of Sanliurfa. The society’s women delegation head, Wadha Al-Blayes stated that their campaign included urgent food distribution for Syrian refugees and organizing a festival for 420 orphans in Turkey. Blayes stressed the society’s keenness in organizing several entertaining activities, providing education and allocating awareness programs. In Iraq, Kuwait distributed 60 tons of foodstuffs to poor families in the city of Mosul, provided by the Islamic Charitable Organization. Director of the Barzani Charitable Foundation Mosul office, Razkar Obaid, said that 2,000 food baskets were distributed to the needy families in the city of Mosul. Kuwait also provided aid to a number of schools in order to continue the educational process, as fullyequipped five schools were opened, he added.