Arab News

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s aid agency KSrelief this week launched its food security support project in Gezira State, Sudan, with the delivery of 4,580 food parcels.

This is the first of a total of 33,000 food parcels that will be sent to vulnerable communities in Sudan, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday.

KSrelief also sent 8,080 parcels to communities across the globe.

In Banten, Indonesia, 1,100 packages were sent for 4,325 people, while 400 parcels were distributed in South Africa as part of KSrelief’s Ramadan food basket project Etaam.

A further 100 aid parcels, benefitting 500 people, were distributed in Tuzi, Montenegro; and 1,400 food packages were delivered for 8,400 people in Tognin Province, Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

And in the Old Tafo Kumasi area of Ghana, 500 food packages were sent for 3,000 people, as part of the Etaam project.

In Ghana, KSrelief aims to eventually distribute 5,300 food baskets, each weighing 59.8 kg, for 31,800 people in five cities.