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Thursday 31 Dec 2015 - 16:20 Makkah mean time-20-3-1437
Pic: KUNA
Beirut (IINA) – Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) announced here on Thursday the distribution of humanitarian 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 30,000 Syrian families that have taken refuge in Lebanon.
Speaking to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), KRCS envoy to Lebanon Dr Musaed Al-Enezi said the campaign witnessed the distribution of blankets to 700 Syrian refugee families in Al-Beq’a, in eastern Lebanon, and Akkar, the country’s northernmost region, as well as providing medicines as part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) joint project, being implemented in coordination with Qatar Red Crescent Society.
Dr Al-Enezi affirmed that continued relief campaigns carried out by the KRCS, especially in Lebanon, are meant to alleviate the suffering of Syrian families and meet their needs as much as possible.
Yousef Butrus, relief operations coordinator at the Lebanese Red Cross Society, stressed on the importance of the campaign at such timing since Lebanon is approaching a wave of cold weather, snowfalls and heavy rains.
Butrus hailed the great role played by the KRCS in the provision of aid to people in need despite bad weather conditions.
More than one million Syrian refugees, mostly children, women and elderly, are residing in camps in Lebanon.
AB/IINA
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