Over 800,000 People in Somalia, Yemen, and Syria Benefit from Zakat Al-Fitr Provided by KSrelief in 1445 Hijri

Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through its humanitarian arm King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), has been providing various forms of relief and humanitarian assistance to needy people worldwide. Part of these humanitarian efforts is ensuring food security through the Zakat Al-Fitr (an obligatory charitable donation of food to the needy that must be given at the end of Ramadan before the Eid Al-Fitr prayer) for 1445 Hijri. KSrelief's Zakat Al-Fitr in Somalia consisted of 40,920 bags of rice, weighing 20 kilograms each, from which 245,520 individuals benefited. In Yemen it consisted of 31,333 bags of rice, 20 kilograms each, benefiting 219,331 individuals, and in Syria of 62,250 bags of wheat, each weighing 25 kilograms, from which 373,500 underprivileged individuals benefited. Since its establishment, KSrelief has reached 98 countries and implemented 2,829 humanitarian and relief projects worth $6 billion. The projects targeted vital sectors such as food, education, health, nutr ition, water, environmental sanitation, and shelter, and helped millions of the most vulnerable and neediest people in the target countries, without discrimination. Source: Saudi Press Agency