Saturday 26 September 2015

Kuwait Red Crescent Society distributes meat to Syrian refugees in Lebanon for Eid

The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) has distributed meat to Syrian refugees in Lebanon over two days. Seven hundred Syrian refugee families in northern Lebanon and Zahle city in east Lebanon received Eid meat on 24 September, while 550 families in south and east Lebanon received meat for Eid Al-Adha on the 25th, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) has reported. 

The KRCS has been doing this for three years, said KRCS Representative Mohammad Al-Muteiri to KUNA. Eid meat recipients on 25 September included 250 families in Sidon in south Lebanon and 300 families in Beqaa in east Lebanon.

Kuwait's humanitarian initiatives and projects serving Syrian refugees in Lebanon involve bread, Ramadhan meals and Eid Al-Adha meat as well as clothing.