KUWAIT: Kuwait'shumanitarian aid activities continued to cover several areas and targetedpeople that are most in need. Last week, Acting Charge D'affaires of Kuwait'sembassy in Iran, Falah Al-Hajraf has announced a new Kuwaiti financialcontribution of about $75,000 to the victims of the floods that swept throughlarge areas of Iran last April. "Kuwait is working to fulfill itshumanitarian duty by sending relief aid to flood victims in Iran," Hajrafsaid in a statement. Meanwhile, the representative of the World Food Programand regional director in Iran, Najjar Germani pointed out that these generouscontributions by Kuwait will provide support for the province of Laurstan.
Head of KuwaitiRelief Society Jamal Al-Nouri said that the humanitarian aid provided by Kuwaitcontributed to alleviating the suffering of the Yemenis, thanks to His Highnessthe Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and the Kuwaiti government. Ina statement during his visit to Yemen, Nouri affirmed that the Kuwaitiassistance provided during the past years was very much needed and went to theright place to contribute to saving lives and settling families and treatingpatients. Kuwait, as a global center for humanitarian action, has adoptedeffective and continuous relief efforts to alleviate the suffering of Yemenis,he added.
Nouri pointed outthat the Kuwaiti government has allocated KD 100 million support for the'Kuwait by your side' campaign to support the sectors of health, education,accommodation, food and livelihoods two years ago, hoping to complete the useand allocation of this support during this third year and will be requestedafter additional support from the Kuwaiti government. The society' delegationvisit to Yemen aims to assess the humanitarian situation and needs in variousYemeni regions and to identify priorities for humanitarian work for the nextstage, he added.
He expressedhappiness to see Kuwaiti health and education projects in various Yemenigovernorates since the 1970s and 1980s and lead its function to this day,adding that Kuwait's intervention and contributions were very suitable to servesuccessive generations in most of the projects implemented in Yemen. Nourihighly appreciated the Kuwaiti government's support for humanitarian work inYemen and various countries, noting that the humanitarian role of His Highnessthe Amir is known at the international level reflected at various levels,ministries, and government institutions. - KUNA