Kuwait- KRCS distributes aid to 700 Syrian families in Lebanon
Date
12/31/2015 6:36:58 AM
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) BERIUT Dec 31 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society announced here on Thursday distributing aid to 700 Syrian refugee families in various parts of Lebanon as part of the winter campaign "warm winter 2016" that was launched to rescue 30000 Syrian families that have taken up refuge in Lebanon.KRC envoy to Lebanon Dr. Musaed Al-Enezi said in remarks to KUNA that blankets were distributed to 700 Syrian families in Al-Beq'a in eastern Lebanon and Akkar the country's northermost region besides offering medicines as part of the GCC joint project executed in coordination with Qatar Red Crescent Society. Continuous relief campaigns carried out by the society especially in Lebanon are meant to alleviate suffering of the Syrian families and meet their needs as much as possible he affirmed. Relief operations coordinator at the Lebanese Red Cross Society Yousef Butrus stressed on the importance of the campaign at such timing as Lebanon is approaching a wave of cold weather snowfalls and heavy rains.He hailed the great role played by the KRCS in offering aid to people in need despite bad weather conditions.More than one million Syrian refuges are residing in camps in Lebanon; most of them are children women and elderly. (end) mah.fs.lb
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