Saudi Gazette report

Riyadh — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) signed on Monday seven contracts worth $4,657,595 for humanitarian aid projects for Syrians and Rohingya people.

Five contracts are for carrying out various humanitarian and relief projects for the Syrian people in several Syrian cities and for Syrian refugees in Turkey.

Two contracts are for the implementation of two projects for displaced Rohingya people in Myanmar and Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

In a press statement following the signing ceremony, Adviser at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah said the projects reflect the Kingdom’s efforts in alleviating human sufferings throughout the world in order to affirm its noble mission derived from the teachings of Islam.

Earlier this year, KSRelief signed 12 contracts worth $18.3 million to implement various humanitarian and relief projects for the Syrian people in several Syrian cities for food security, health care and hospital operation, as well as community support in education, protection, agriculture, shelter and improved livelihoods.

In early April, KSrelief signed a project with the office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to provide shelter for 83,000 Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar region in Bangladesh.

In February, Al-Rabeeah signed two projects with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on the sidelines of Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum.

The first project dealt with the sectors of water and sanitation solutions for the Rohingya displaced people at Cox’s Bazar camp in Bangladesh with a total cost of $2,230,000.

The second project worth $600,000 was for the protection of the Syrian people in Greece.