ISLAMABAD: King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) on Wednesday announced the successful completion of a project to provide 4,000 shelter kits to people residing in Pakistan’s mostly densely populated Punjab province who were severely affected by the recent floods in the country.

The Saudi organization has one of the largest humanitarian budgets available to any aid agency across the world. This has allowed its officials to undertake a wide variety of projects in more than 80 countries.

Pakistan is the fifth largest beneficiary of its aid and humanitarian activities and has greatly benefited from its assistance since last year’s monsoon floods that killed 1,700 people and devastated crops and public infrastructure in different cities.

“KSrelief’s Shelter NFIs [non-food item] project [has extended] its reach to the four most severely affected districts in Punjab, Pakistan, where communities were in need the most,” said a statement released by the aid agency. “These districts include Kasur, Vehari, Layyah, and Rajanpur.”

“This emergency relief project is an integral part of the KSrelief Shelter NFIs project for the year 2023-2024,” it added. “These kits contain 4,000 Shelter, 4,000 Solar Panels, 4,000 Kitchen Sets, 4,000 Plastic Mats, and 8,000 Blankets as part of this comprehensive relief effort.”

The statement informed the project was implemented in collaboration with local administrations, adding it would benefit more than 28,000 people in the four districts.

KSrelief has completed 170 projects in Pakistan that related to education, healthcare, water, sanitation, hygiene and community support and collectively cost about $163 million since it was established in 2015.