ISLAMABAD: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 520 shelter kits among survivors of floods in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said this week.
Unprecedented monsoon rains and floods have killed at least 1,725 people, affected 33 million and cost Pakistan more than $30 billion in economic losses since mid-June.
In response to the flood devastation, KSrelief last month established an air bridge to deliver humanitarian assistance to flood-hit Pakistan.
“The shelters were delivered to 3,640 people as part of KSRelief’s ongoing operations to aid people in flood-hit areas of Pakistan,” SPA said about the latest consignment of shelter kits.
In a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Tuesday, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanked the leadership in the Kingdom for assistance during the floods.
“In particular, the air bridge established between Riyadh and Islamabad for providing flood relief goods in flood affected areas in Pakistan,” the PM Office said in a statement on Tuesday.
KSrelief has provided humanitarian and development aid in more than 80 countries over four continents. Pakistan is the fifth-largest recipient of assistance and has received over $120 million in aid since 2005.
