New York: For the purpose of helping those who were affected by the quakes that hit Syria and Turkey in February, Kuwait has pledged $90 million. According to the Kuwait News Agency, the pledge is the biggest given by any nation since the catastrophe.
It will help UN agencies provide roughly 18 million affected people with food, shelter, healthcare, and other necessities. For an immediate response in Syria and $1 billion for Turkey, the UN has made an appeal. 19% of the target number for Turkiye has been reached thus far, while 79% of the target number for Syria has been reached.
Martin Griffiths, the UN's undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and coordinator for emergency relief, expressed concern that the funding amount is far below the goal but praised Kuwait's efforts nonetheless.
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According to officials, Kuwait's Ministry of Social Affairs and Community Development is assisting 30 local charities and organisations in their efforts to support the Turkiye earthquake victims across the nation.
The Defense Ministry has been asked to provide a plane to transport emergency supplies to Turkiye, according to ministry spokesperson Ahmad Al-Enezi, the Kuwait News Agency reported on Wednesday.
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In order to ensure that relief supplies can be delivered as quickly as possible and that those affected by the disaster, including Syrian refugees in Turkiye, are relieved of their suffering, he continued, the minister of social affairs, Mai Al-Baghli, issued an order to all government agencies directing them to fully cooperate and integrate with the aid effort.