15/10/2012 | 03:31 PM
By Mohammad Al-Mutairi (With photos)
HATAY, Turkey, Oct 15 (KUNA) -- The Kuwaiti good-doer team, consisting of representatives of charities and members of the media toured on Monday Turkish border areas with Syria to stand on the living conditions of displaced Syrians and follow-up relief programs carried out by charitable committees for displaced people.
The team inspected over two days the humanitarian situation of the displaced Syrians to assess the extent of food and medical aid that can be offered in this context.
It also listened to explanation from the Syrian officials in charge of humanitarian affairs about the size and nature of the relief materials to be provided to help those displaced.
A number of team members stressed in remarks to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) the need to lend a hand to the displaced Syrians affected by violence and repression both inside Turkish territories or in areas under the control of elements of the Free Syrian Army in northern Syria, near the border with Turkey.
They said that the Kuwaiti relief aid committees are implementing humanitarian aid programs for Syrian refugees and displaced persons in Turkey and in the Syrian lands, especially related to the provision of food baskets and health services.
They added that the current tour by the team in Turkey comes to oversee the distribution of the aid and to ensure their access to beneficiaries, as well as to follow up Kuwaiti charity projects with Turkish and Syrian relief aid agencies.
Director General of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Nouri charitable Society Jamal Al-Nouri said his society had been cooperating with a number of charitable organizations in Syria before the revolution in a number of charity projects but because of the pressure that was exercised by the Syrian regime, the charitable work then was restricted on projects of Iftar and sheep slaughtering for eid sacrifice.
He said that with the revolution and its effects as of martyrs, orphans and refugees, an urgent need has emerged to extend a helping hand to the Syrian refugees at home in the form of financial and in-kind assistance.
For his part, Executive Director of the Patients Helping Fund Society Faisal Al-Yaqout expressed his fund's interest in helping the Syrian refugees and alleviate their suffering since the first day of the revolution through a number of projects that fall within the scope of the Fund which have been implemented inside and outside Syria and on the border with neighboring countries.
He added that the total humanitarian aid provided by the Fund for Syrian refugees is estimated at USD two million spent on treating the sick and wounded in Lebanon and Jordan in addition to financing nine field hospitals spread over seven provinces inside Syria including Deir Ezzor, Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Idlib, Damascus and its countryside. (end) mm.tg KUNA 151531 Oct 12NNNN