LONDON: Kuwait’s Namaa Charity and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees signed an agreement on Tuesday to provide multi-purpose cash assistance to 338 families displaced in Sudan, the Kuwait News Agency reported.
Khaled Al-Mathkoor, chairman of the Social Reform Society which oversees Namaa Charity, said that humanitarian relief and cooperation were deep values in Islamic religion and that the agreement aimed to alleviate the suffering of Sudanese civilians in the face of violence.
About 9,000 people have been killed in the power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, while nearly 5.7 million others have been displaced.
Martin Griffiths, the UN’s emergency relief coordinator, said Sudan was facing “one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history” with 25 million people in need of aid.
Namaa Charity’s CEO Saad AI-Otaibi said that the organization’s educational, health, and relief projects in Sudan were an essential part of its vision to support young people and create a better future for them.
Abdulaziz Al-Ajmi, director of the Department of Charities and Foundations at the Ministry of Affairs, said that Kuwait’s government was keen to continue supporting refugees through international agreements, noting that displacement had reached several countries, including Egypt, Chad, and Ethiopia.
