RIYADH: The Kingdom’s aid agency KSrelief distributed food parcels and shelter bags to vulnerable families in Sudan and Yemen this week, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday.

In Sudan’s River Nile State, families comprising 6,900 individuals received 1,200 food parcels, while a further 1,555 people received 210 baskets in the Kassala State.

In Sudan, 340 shelter bags were distributed to displaced families in Gedaref, benefiting 1,955 individuals.

The initiatives are “part of a series of relief and humanitarian projects implemented by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through KSrelief to assist the Sudanese people during the ongoing humanitarian crisis,” the SPA stated.

In Yemen, KSrelief gave food baskets to 278 families in Lahij, benefiting 1,946 individuals, as a part of the Kingdom’s ongoing aid project in that war-torn nation.