SOMALIA: Kuwaiti Red Crescent Sends Food
The Kuweiti news agency (KUNA) reports:
The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) announced on Saturday dispatching humanitarian relief aid to the Somali people, based on directives from the Kuwaiti leadership. Relief officer Msaed Al-Enezi told Kuna today that 10,000 one-month long subsistence (food and medical supply) family packs were distributed to the needy in the stricken areas. He described as difficult and hard the living conditions in the war-hit Somalia, noting that the KRCS coordinated with the Somali Red Crescent Society when distributing the aid for mitigating the sufferings of the Somali people. The KRCS delegations week-long visit aimed at assessing needs of the stricken areas in addition to embarking opn visits to the Somali major residential areas. He said head of the Somal-land territory Taher Kahen expressed before the KRCS delegation thanks to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, KRCS chairman Barjes Hmoud Al-Barjes, KRCS members and the Kuwaiti people for the efforts they made to soften the sufferings of the Somali people.