KUWAIT: The International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) has laid the foundation stone for five educational, rehabilitation, and service projects for orphans in Sheikh Ali Saleh Al-Lahib Educational Village in Banten, Indonesia, in cooperation with the Indonesian-Kuwaiti Association. Deputy Director General for Corporate Communications at the organization Ibrahim Al-Badr said in a press statement on Thursday that the village will serve 1,150 male and female students.

There will be a dormitory for male and female students, a center for memorizing the Holy Quran, and another for vocational training that includes a computer lab and two workshops for mechanics and carpentry, with a total cost of more than one million dollars. Al-Badr added that the village aims to improve the lives of orphans and provide educational opportunities that enable them to achieve a better future.

IICO is launching this project from its strategic vision that aims to provide quality educational opportunities with high-quality outcomes. He stated that the vision in this context is consistent with the fourth goal of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which focuses on ensuring quality and comprehensive education for all, stressing that the authority believes that education is one of the basic needs for societies that are aspiring to grow.

International Islamic Charitable Organization launches Al-Lahib Educational Village in Indonesia.

Deputy Director General for Corporate Communications at the Charity organization Ibrahim Al-Badr

He continued, “By naming this village after the late Saleh Al-Lahib, we remember with pride and reverence one of the great men in the State of Kuwait,” pointing to the proceeds of his endowment that supports the construction of mosques, schools, orphanages, and vocational training centers in various parts of the world.

For his part, the general supervisor of the Indonesian-Kuwaiti Charitable Society, Engineer Ahmed Al-Holi, said that Al-Lahib Educational Village is added to a number of qualitative Kuwaiti charitable villages and projects in Indonesia, most notably the Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Charitable Village. Al-Lahib village is located on an area of 3,173 square meters of endowment land and aims to provide educational, moral, and professional care for 1,150 male and female orphan students.

The village includes a school consisting of 12 classrooms in addition to a 12-room residence to provide a stimulating environment for them to succeed. There are also a computer lab, two mechanical and carpentry workshops, and a vocational training center to qualify them for the labor market. The village also includes a residence for 225 female students consisting of nine rooms to provide a safe and comfortable environment for them to study and a Quran memorization center that includes nine classrooms and a multi-purpose hall. — KUNA