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KSRelief signs 12 contracts to help displaced Syrians

Author: ARAB NEWSFri, 2018-02-02 03:00ID: 1517516527191739600

RIYADH: King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) signed 12 contracts to help displaced Syrians in places such as Ghouta and Daraa.
The agreements were inked by the royal court adviser and supervisor general of the KSRelief Center, Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, at the organization headquarters Tuesday.
After the signing of the agreements totaling $18.32 million, Al-Rabeeah said the projects aimed to supply food to the affected people and provide ways to look after their health needs, including surgeries in hospitals.
The new projects, he said, would also support community programs providing education and adequate security and improving living standards.
He also said the Saudi government’s interest in alleviating the sufferings of the distressed people is a noble mission according to the preaching of Islam.
Under the program, Naser Al-Naffee from the center, told Arab News that community centers will be set up to offer counseling services, provide social education, vocational training, and rehabilitation programs for women and children in collaboration with the charitable organizations with the Ihsan Relief and Development Foundation.
A rehabilitation program for 10,000 children in regular education has been undertaken in cooperation with the Binyan Foundation.
The projects also cover small loan projects in Daraa and Hims in cooperation with the Ihsan for Relief and Development Foundation.
The projects will also provide mobile health care systems through Al-Amin Humanitarian Support Foundation to enhance the living conditions of farmers and rehabilitate them in their agricultural surroundings through the Binaa Development Foundation, Al-Naffee said.

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