KUWAIT: Kuwaitidonors and welfare associations continued delivering aid over the past week tothose in need, namely impoverished Yemenis, in shadow of global celebrationsmarking the World Humanitarian Day. In coordination with Kuwait Red CrescentSociety (KRCS), Hamza Al-Khayyat, the director of the Kuwaiti linguisticcreativity center, donated copies of his book, "the dictation encyclopediafor children," to Syrian students in Jordan - the latest Kuwaiti tangiblekind move toward the war victims following a chain of deliveries, includingcash, food and other necessities. He expressed gratitude to His Highness thePrime Minister, Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, for covering costsof printing 20,000 copies of the encyclopedia.
In Aden, Yemen'sstudent support society has signed an agreement with Kuwait Society for StudentSupport (KSSS) to improve education in two schools in Tareem district in thegovernorate of Hadhramawt. Waseem Rubaihan, director of the student supportsociety, said in a statement the agreement would contribute to improveeducation in Damoon and Khadija schools for girls. He said the agreementstipulated provision of 150 desks, maintenance of electrical appliances as wellas guaranteeing safety of girls.
Meanwhile,Abdulraqeeb Fateh, the minister of local administration, said that the Kuwaitaid to his country contributed to improving people's humanitarian conditions.Fateh, also the head of the supreme relief commission, said Kuwait, viainternational agencies, had contributed with $750 million for relieving theYemenis. Up to 309,000 citizens had benefited from assistance delivered by theKRCS, he revealed. Yemeni Minister of Information Muammar Al-Aryani, alsospeaking to the Kuwait News Agency, says that Kuwait has always supported theYemeni people, particularly at hard times, and this support has tangiblyincreased after flare-up of the crisis.
AbdulqawiAl-Mekhlafi, the first undersecretary at the province of Taiz, said the regionhas received Kuwaiti backing despite the five-year siege of the region by theHouthi militias. Tareq Abdulwasea, chairman of the 'Yemeni Al-Hikmah'association, said the society registered 2.7 million people who benefited fromKuwaiti contributions to water projects, 1.7 million from food and housingventures, 1.1 million from health programs and 141,000 from educational help.
SumaiaAl-Maimani, director of the philanthropic project, "Pay two dinars and winthe two (earthly and heavenly) worlds," said the program that had beenlaunched at Kuwait University resulted in establishing up to 14 educationalprojects in eight countries, benefiting up to 6,060 students. Moreover, thedonations resulted in building 11 schools in Indonesia, Sudan, The Niger,India, Albania, Kyrgyzstan and China in addition to a library in Serbia. - KUNA
