Kuwait Fund Signs Grant To Support Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh
Date
10/17/2024 8:02:47 AM
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))
By Mohammed Al-Mutairi
KUWAIT, Oct 17 (KUNA) -- The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) signed a grant agreement worth two million dollars with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to support the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh on Thursday.
In a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), Acting Director General of the Fund Waleed Al-Bahar said that the Fund's goals are to improve the lives, security, and health of the Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
These efforts will be done by providing essential building materials to reinforce their homes, as well as liquefied petroleum gas for cooking to around 18 thousand families for a 12 month period, noting that the agreement will reach around 140 thousand individuals, he added.
This contribution is the sixth between the Fund and UNHCR in humanitarian support, and the first to support the Rohingya in Bangladesh, adding that the total grants provided to UNHCR since the start in 2016 amounts to about USD 22 million, Al-Bahar pointed out.
For her part, UNHCR Representative to Kuwait Nisreen Rabiaan said that the Fund is a permanent partner of the Commission through it signing several previous agreements to support refugees in various areas around the world.
She thanked Kuwait and the Kuwaiti Fund for their continued support to refugee cases around the world. (end)
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