KSrelief delivers tonnes of dates to Yemen, Pakistan

Saudi Arabia’s aid agency KSrelief delivered several tonnes of dates this week to vulnerable families in Yemen and Pakistan.

There were 100 tonnes of dates given to the Yemeni High Relief Committee on Monday, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

Jamal Balfaqih, general coordinator of the committee, expressed “appreciation for the Kingdom’s support in humanitarian, relief and development fields.”

On Saturday, KSrelief delivered 100 tonnes to Islamabad.

“This noble initiative represented in the gift of dates, which reflects the strength of fraternal relations between the two countries,” said Brig. Gen. Obaid Ullah Anwar, director-general of the military wing of the Pakistani Council of Ministers.

Meanwhile, Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Wadei, KSrelief’s health and environmental aid deputy director, met with Peter Hawkins, the UN Children’s Fund’s representative in Yemen.

During the meeting in Riyadh, they discussed ways to improve cooperation and coordination to support children in Yemen.