(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) IRBIL, July 18 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) has handed out 2,200 food baskets to internally displaced persons (IDPs) at some villages in Mosul city, northern Iraq.
In a statement to KUNA on Monday, Kuwait Consul General in Irbil Dr. Omar Al-Kandari said the consulate supervised the distribution of 2,200 food baskets today to displaced families living at camps in western Irbil.
This aid is distributed upon the initiative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah aiming to alleviate suffering of these people, he added.
Kuwait has been aiding needy people and the displaced as they are in a dire need of humanitarian aid, he noted.
He said that the distribution plan at this stage hopefully would include a number of displaced people in Fallujah city, adding that this humanitarian campaign is conducted by coordination with the Kurdistan Regional Government and Barzani Charity Foundation, under the supervision of the Consulate General of Kuwait.
Al-Kandari pointed out that the number of displaced people and individuals is expected to increase in the upcoming period; therefore Kuwait is keen to be present as soon as possible to meet needs of internally displaced persons and mitigate their suffering.
Meanwhile, Yousef Al-Me'raj, director of KRCS' disaster management and emergency, said this is the 8th batch of aid distributed by the society to displaced people.
He added that KRCS provided basic aid for displaced people in the region coming from villages surrounding Mosul, in accordance with the directives of KRCS' administration.
Each basket contains basic and essential food like rice, lentils, oil, milk and others, he stressed.
Lauding KRCS' aid, an official at Barzani foundation said Kuwait's KRCS is the first body which has been quickly providing humanitarian aid to the displaced persons in the areas liberated by the Iraqi army.
KRCS and Zakat (alms) House handed out before the holy month of Ramadan up to 15,000 food parcels to displaced people and Syrian refugees in the region.
The number of displaced people has risen over the last days as they are fleeing the areas controlled by the so-called Islamic State.
According to official figures, there are up to 2,258,522 refuges and internally displaced persons, and 32 camps in the region. (end) sbr.hm