Kuwaitis raise $9.4m for Syrian people

Kuwait Relief Organisation (KRO) said it has raised a total of USD 9.4 million in humanitarian assistance for the Syrian people. The sum is part of a three-day Kuwaiti national fund-raising campaign to help the Syrian people. The campaign came to a close Tuesday evening. KRO Director General Jaber Al-Wandah told KUNA that the Kuwaiti initiative received wide-scale response from many societies. The move, which was launched in compliance with an appeal by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, reflected official and popular support for the Syrian people, he said. He urged philanthropists to continue supporting the humanitarian initiative through charities sprouting out in Kuwait for one month. The fund-raising campaign was launched by the KRO Sunday in cooperation with the Ministry of Information to raise funds to build houses for the war-traumatized Syrian refugees. Source: KUNA