Charities Should Join Hands Due To Mounting Catastrophes -- Al-Maatouq
Date
8/18/2023 3:04:59 AM
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, Aug 18 (KUNA) -- Chairman of the International Islamic Charitable Organization and Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General Dr. Abdullah Al-Maatouq has affirmed that mounting humanitarian crises and catastrophes worldwide should prompt coordination among charities to cope with their ramifications.
Dr. Al-Maatouq said in an interview with KUNA that relief foundations have been bearing increasing responsibilities to deal with the humanitarian disasters and crises, noting their profound role in coping with repercussions of natural catastrophes throughout the globe.
The organization, last year, offered relief and development services to 58 countries, at a total cost of approximately KD 15 million, he said.
However, the Kuwaiti charities in the end of the past year and early this year faced huge challenges due to increasing natural disasters such as the destructive floods in Pakistan and the deadly quake that happened in Turkiye and Syria, Dr. Al-Maatouq added.
The IICO, in collaboration with other philanthropic entities, had taken part in a relief campaign for Pakistan, raising some two million dollars to offer urgent aid to the afflicted.
As to the quake in Turkey and Syria, the organization allotted USD 2.160 million worth of aid for the victims. (end)
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