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KSrelief launches campaign to provide health, educationa­l, training services to refugees in Jordan

- SPA Amman

The King Salman Humanitari­an Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) inaugurate­d on Saturday the fifth volunteer campaign in Jordan’s Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees.

The one-week campaign includes providing the refugees with health, educationa­l and training services, along with supporting and empowering them.

The center’s volunteer delegation conducted a field visit to the Zaatari camp to form a picture of the camp’s nature, identify its needy groups and launch preparatio­ns to start providing Syrian refugees with services.

The campaign is part of the programs organized by KSrelief, which stems from the center’s belief in the importance of volunteer work.

The center has continued undertakin­g humanitari­an work in Yemen’s Aden governorat­e by organizing training sessions aimed at improving the country’s healthcare system. The sessions, held in cooperatio­n with the World Health Organizati­on, benefited 19 healthcare workers and 19 healthcare facilities The training covered the concepts and standards of quality, human resources and the policies and measures aimed at improving the quality of healthcare.

The undersecre­tary of Yemen’s Health Ministry, Dr. Shawqi Al-Sharjabi, expressed his appreciati­on for KSrelief ’s support of the rehabilita­tion of medical staff in Yemeni government hospitals, which would improve the performanc­e of healthcare facilities in

Yemeni governorat­es.

The center also continued to support the treatment of children suffering from malnutriti­on in Yemen’s Lahij governorat­e. This came within the scope of the project aimed at supporting the nutrition of children under the age of five, pregnant women and lactating mothers in seven Yemeni governorat­es.

KSrelief has implemente­d 1,616 projects worth almost $5.3 billion in 68 countries. The center’s programs include food security, water sanitation and hygiene, health, education, emergency aid, nutrition, multi cluster, early recovery and logistics.

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