RIYADH: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) continues it charity works in calamity-ridden and conflict-affected countries, state news agency SPA reported.
In Afghanistan, the agency distributed 300 shelter kits and 300 tents, benefiting 1,800 individuals, as part of a shelter project aimed at assisting returnees from Pakistan to Afghanistan and those affected by flooding in 2024.
The project plans to distribute a total of 4,882 essential shelter items, including tents, blankets, plastic mats and other vital supplies to 29,292 individuals across Afghanistan.
In Kassala, Sudan, KSrelief distributed 1,200 food boxes to the neediest and displaced families as part of the third phase of the Food Security Support Project in the country this year.
In Chad’s Mayo-Kebbi Est region, KSrelief dispersed 356 food boxes for 2,136 vulnerable individuals.
Over in Lebanon, the fourth phase of the Al-Amal Charity Bakery Project in the Akkar Governorate and Miniyeh District handed out 175,000 bags of bread to needy Syrian, Palestinian and host community families between Oct. 24 and Oct. 30. Up to 62,500 individuals across 12,500 families benefited from the initiative.
Also in Miniyeh district of northern Lebanon, the KSrelief-funder Subul Al-Salam Social Association ambulance service carried out 70 missions between Nov. 29 and Dec. 5 ranging from transporting patients to and from hospitals as well providing emergency services to injured individuals
In Pakistan, KSrelief launched a food security support project which will distribute 147,500 food boxes in Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Punjab and Kashmir. Each box weighs 95 kilograms and contains essential food items sufficient to sustain a family for one month.