Saudi projects help people in Yemen, Pakistan, Lebanon

The Saudi aid agency KSrelief is continuing to help people in Yemen, Lebanon and Pakistan, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

In the city of Al-Ghaydah in Yemen a kidney dialysis center supported by the agency served 130 patients in a single month, including 46 who received dialysis and 84 who had examinations.

KSrelief also helps to fund a project that provides primary healthcare and water services to displaced people in the Razih district of Yemen’s Saada governorate. In one week it served 152 people.

In the last week of October, a 42-truck convoy from KSrelief delivered 741 tons of food to Yemen’s Aden, Dhale and Abian governorates.

The agency has also provided support for 1,575 people affected by the floods in Pakistan in the form of “winter bags” and shelter.

In Lebanon, as part of the Al-Amal Charitable Bakery project, KSrelief distributed 150,000 bundles of bread to disadvantaged people, including local families and Syrian and Palestinian refugees.

Since its inception in 2015, KSrelief has implemented 2,587 projects worth more than $6.4 billion in 94 countries, in cooperation with 175 local, regional and international partners.

According to a report by the agency, the bulk of the support has gone to Yemen ($4.3 billion), Syria ($376 million), Palestine ($370 million) and Somalia ($222 million).

KSrelief’s programs cover food security, health, sanitation, shelter, nutrition, education, telecommunications and logistics.