Kuwait funds scholarships for 100 Rohingya girls

Kuwait funds scholarships for 100 Rohingya girls

KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) launched a project to send 100 girls from the Rohingya refugee community in Bangladesh on four-year university scholarships, funded by Kuwait Finance House, KRCS announced yesterday. The move was put in place after an agreement signed between the Kuwaiti-based relief organization and the Asian University of Bangladesh, based in Dhaka.

KRCS Secretary General Maha Al-Barjas praised the Kuwaiti private sector's support of the organization's humanitarian endeavors, focused on relief, educational and health initiatives. She called for ensuring the right to education for all, including displaced people affected by armed conflict, in order to create a sustainable means of livelihood.

Meanwhile, KRCS launched the 'iftar' fasting project, which includes distributing meals to 15,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan throughout the holy month of Ramadan. Kuwaiti Ambassador to Jordan Aziz Al-Daihani said during the distribution process that took place at the Jordanian Red Crescent Center in Balqa Governorate that KRCS has continued to provide humanitarian support to Syrian refugees in Jordan since the outbreak of the Syrian crisis in 2011.

Daihani added that the State of Kuwait is keen to alleviate the suffering of refugees and provide them with basic needs, taking into account the conditions in which they live