Beirut - KUNA
Al-Sayer Group gifted three new ambulances to Lebanese areas in the north and eastern Baqaa valley for aiding Syrian refugees and Lebanese residents there. Through the endowment by Al-Othman and Al-Ghanim mosques, Kuwait has given away three ambulances to the villages of Mashha and Maniya in the north and Islamic Medical Association of Lebanon in the Baqaa through Abwab Al-Khair Society to meet the health needs of the nationals and Syrian refugees, Head of the society, Sheikh Riyadh Obaid told KUNA. The keys of the vehicles were delivered by Kuwaiti philanthropy delegation, headed by Khaled Al-Subaihi, he noted. Sheikh Obaid praised the humanitarian aid provided by Kuwait to Lebanon through its official institutions, associations and charitable organizations to meet the needs of the Syrian refugees. \"The State of Kuwait and Kuwaiti philanthropists have always helped the needy in the Arab and Islamic worlds,\" said Obeid, stressing that Kuwait was the first to support the needy wherever they are in the world, which confirms the humanitarian message that it has been meaning to convey. \"The ambulance that we have received will able to serve about 20,000 people, \" Mashha Municipality Mayor Zakariya Ahmad Al-Zubi told KUNA, expressing his thanks to Kuwait, HH the Amir, the people and institutions of Kuwait. Kuwaiti philanthropists, as well as charitable organizations such as Zakat House, Rahma Society, International Islamic Charity Organization (IICO), Revival of Islamic Heritage Society, Social Reform Society and Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) have been providing humanitarian aid to the Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan.