Saudi Arabia’s, #KSrelief, Launches Food Security Project for Flood-Affected Families in Pakistan

• Saudi Arab’s, KSrelief, launches food security project for flood-affected families in Pakistan
• The Saudi humanitarian organization, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), will distribute food packages among deserving people in 40 districts of the Pakistan.
• This aid initiative aims to deliver total of 105,000 food packages weighing 10,013 tons in four phases among flood affected and deserving people living in 40 districts across all the provinces of Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD:  King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority of Pakistan will distribute a total of 105,000 food packages weighing 10,013 tons in four phases among flood affected and deserving people living in 40 districts across all the provinces of Pakistan, according to an official statement circulated by the organization on Wednesday.

These food supplies are part of Saudi humanitarian support agency, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) which has launched a food distribution project in to help food-affected and other marginalized people residing in 40 districts of Pakistan.

“King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Center has initiated a project aimed at ensuring food security for the year 2023-24,” the statement said.

The statement said the initiative would benefit 735,000 individuals throughout the country.

According to agency reports, KSrelief has provided humanitarian and development assistance to more than 92 countries over four continents. With international, regional, and local partners, the organization has benefitted millions worldwide.

It informed that each package would weigh 95 kilograms, with 80 kilograms of flour, five liters of cooking oil and five kilograms each of sugar and pulses. The package, it added, would be sufficient for a family throughout the month.

Saudi Arabia has always supported Pakistan in difficult times. Earlier in 2022, Saudi Arabia launched appeal to help flood victims in Pakistan, and provided $1bln assistance for rehabilitation of flood-hit people.

This project falls under the umbrella of Saudi humanitarian projects, represented by KSrelief, to assist needy families in different parts of Pakistan.

Pakistan has strong political, cultural, economic, and defense relations with Saudi Arabia. The kingdom is also home to more than 2.5 million Pakistani expatriates and serves as a key source of remittances and oil supply to Islamabad.

Pakistan is also the fifth largest recipient of KSrelief’s humanitarian assistance.