Saudi Arabia’s Ehsan charity platform records over $492m in donations

More than 4.63 million people have so far benefited from the campaign. (SPA)
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Updated 19 April 2022
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Saudi Arabia’s Ehsan charity platform records over $492m in donations

  • The campaign is an extension of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's interest in supporting and developing the charity sector

RIYADH: Over SR1.84 billion ($492.95 million) has been donated to the National Platform for Charitable Work (Ehsan) since its Ramadan campaign was launched earlier this month, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

More than 4.63 million people have so far benefited from the campaign, which was launched by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority.

The campaign is an extension of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's interest in supporting and developing the charity sector by making every effort to organize it, enable its activities, and sponsor it to raise its contribution to the development of society.

This focus and support have had a significant impact on Ehsan in its efficiency and credibility in delivering donations to those most deserving of them.

The Ehsan platform welcomes donations from individuals, companies, institutions, donors, and the financially privileged through its website and app https://ehsan.sa.

There have been over 24 million donation transactions to date for the current campaign.

 


Saudi leadership sends cables of condolences after passing of former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia

Supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and mourners pray at the grave of former prime minister Khaleda Zia in Dhaka.
Updated 01 January 2026
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Saudi leadership sends cables of condolences after passing of former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia

  • Zia died at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Thursday sent a cable of condolences to the President of Bangladesh Mohammed Shahabuddin after the passing of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Tuesday.

The king prayed that God have mercy on Zia, forgive her sins, and admit her into paradise. He extended his condolences to the family of the deceased.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a similar cable.

On Wednesday, huge crowds had flocked to the area outside Bangladesh’s national parliament building in the capital to attend the funeral prayers for Zia, who died at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness.

Zia was buried in late afternoon with state honors beside the grave of her husband, a former president who was assassinated in a military coup in 1981, in a park outside the parliament building later Wednesday.