The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center
(KSRelief) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) continues aid efforts in
Lebanon, Yemen and Ethiopia.
Recently, KSRelief distributed winter clothes to Syrian and
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the
aid benefited 2,052 families in Lebanon.
The assistant supervisor general for operations and programs
of KSRelief, Ahmed bin Ali Al-Beez, also met with the Director of the UNESCO
(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Regional
Bureau in Beirut, Costanza Farina, to talk about educational projects. Farina
praised Saudi Arabia’s efforts in supporting the educational sector in order to
help affected communities worldwide.
The Saudi relief agency also renovated the Ibn Al-Hijlah
primary school and Sumaya secondary school in Yemen to help school-going
children. KSRelief distributed school bags and uniforms to 917 students.
Reportedly, KSRelief also seeks to help 11,586 students from
the humanitarian initiative. According to Arab News, the relief center also
aims to restore 23 schools in Yemen’s Aden, Hujjah, Hadhramaut, and Al-Muhrah
governorates.
The relief center also distributed 1,084 food baskets to
6,504 people in Ethiopia. The relief center also seeks to distribute 3,600 food
baskets in Ethiopia in order to benefit 21,600 people.
KSrelief has always provided help to affected communities
across the world. Last year, it provided urgent aid to Yemenis in the flood-hit
Al-Mahra Governorate. The agency distributed 50 tents and 50 shelter bags to
300 people. The relief agency also launched various projects to support Yemen’s
healthcare sector.
KSrelief also launched the Masam project in 2018 in order to
protect civilians in Yemen. Last year, 1,538 mines planted by the Houthis
across Yemen were dismantled by KSrelief's Masam project. KSrelief also removed
54 anti-tank mines and 86 non-explosive ammunition in the Aden governorate in
Yemen.
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