KSrelief: Donations to Syria aid campaign exceed SR382 million

RIYADH: Donations to a Saudi campaign to raise funds for those affected by the Syrian conflict have exceeded SR382 million ($102 million), an official has said.
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabiah, supervisor-general of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) confirmed that the popular campaign ordered by King Salman is still ongoing.
“The campaign’s donations until today (Monday) amounted to SR382,800,868,” Al-Rabiah said in a press statement, noting that the center operates and distributes relief within Syria through partners under a KSrelief supervisory team.
The Saudi National Campaign to support Syrians continues to provide relief to displaced people in northern Syria within the initiative it launched under the title “For you, O Aleppo.”
The campaign has delivered basic relief items to the Turkish-Syrian border region, specifically in the area of Bab Al-Hawa.
Khaled Al-Salama, director of the Saudi National Campaign office in Turkey, said that the initiative comes after the recently bloody events in Aleppo.
“The convoys loaded with relief materials were allowed to pass after coordination with the concerned Turkish government agencies to ensure that these aids are delivered to beneficiaries and to cover the largest possible number of displaced Syrians in the camps bordering Turkey from the Syrian side,” Al-Salama said.
Dr. Badr bin Abdulrahman Al-Samhan, regional director of the campaign, stressed that the relief effort “is a confirmation of the sincere stand with displaced Syrian brothers, who are suffering a lack of humanitarian and relief services since the outbreak of the Syrian revolution, in order to fill their needs and alleviate their suffering.”
The aid delivered to the people inside Syria include 400,000 coats, 176,000 large blankets, 188,000 blankets for children, 288,000 sets of heavy clothes, 144,000 winter shirts and 172,000 women’s shawls.