ISLAMABAD: A Saudi aid agency on Friday announced the successful completion of the first phase of its food security project in Pakistan for 2023-24, it said in an official statement, adding that 184,800 deserving Pakistanis had so far benefitted from the initiative.
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) has been undertaking humanitarian projects across 88 countries. It has one of the largest humanitarian budgets for aid agencies across the world, and Pakistan is its fifth largest beneficiary of aid and humanitarian operations.
According to data compiled by the agency, it has completed 170 education, healthcare, water, sanitation, hygiene, and community support projects in Pakistan. These have collectively cost KSrelief roughly about $163 million in the last 17 years.
“King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Centre (KSrelief) is pleased to announce the successful completion of the first phase of our food security project for the year 2023-24 in Pakistan,” the agency said in the statement.
In collaboration with Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the agency said it has distributed a total of 26,400 food packages, weighing about 2,508 tons, among flood-affected families and other deserving individuals residing in 12 districts across the country.
“The first phase of this initiative has greatly impacted the lives of 184,800 beneficiaries throughout the country,” the statement added.
Last month, KSrelief also organized 12 relief camps in the rural and urban areas of Pakistan’s southern Sindh and Balochistan provinces, conducting 5,000 surgeries to combat eye diseases and blindness.
