KUWAIT: Kuwaiti institutions and bodies concerned with humanitarian work continued their activities by supporting those in need during the past week especially in Iraq, aiding war-stricken people and Bangladesh where Rohingya refugees live in squalid conditions. Kuwait distributed 120 tons of food supplies to poor and needy families, besides supplying some schools in Al-Mosul, northern Iraq, with equipment offered by the Kuwaiti International Islamic Charitable Organization.
Around 2,000 food parcels were distributed during the second campaign of its kind in Mosul this year, said Rizgar Obaid, Director of the Mosul office for the Barzani Charity Foundation. Kuwait had offered supplies for schools. Up to five fully equipped schools were opened with donations from the Kuwaiti organization.
Meanwhile, Kuwait's Humanitarian Relief Society (HRS) Director General Khalid Al-Shamri said the HRS has executed several relief and humanitarian projects in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, providing medical aid, winter clothes, food and other necessities.
Shamri explained that a team of volunteers participated in a relief mission to Bangladesh to assist Rohingya refugees, particularly those suffering from squalid conditions in Kutupalong camp, one of the biggest Rohingya camps in the nation -- in addition to other shantytowns. More than 1,000 food portions and winter clothing were distributed to 2,000 refugees, he added. A fully equipped medical camp has been prepared in which patients and urgent cases will be treated, in light of poor health services in these camps.
Moreover, the society is securing needs for the "The Science City," an educational-teaching center for 250 refugee children. A ceremony was held for honoring 180 Quran memorizers and 15 preachers, he added. He also indicated that 250 food parcels, 432 blankets and 500 baskets containing winter clothes had been distributed to the poor of Bangladesh. Shamri has affirmed that the HRS will continue its relief projects and respond to calls for help from needy people around the world. - KUNA