Saudi foreign minister participates in 163rd GCC ministerial council session

PORTO-NOVO: Saudi Arabia’s aid agency KSrelief distributed 400 food baskets to the most vulnerable families in Lokossa in the Republic of Benin on Thursday, benefiting 2,400 individuals.

The center also distributed 200 food baskets in the Tuzi area of Montenegro, benefiting 1,000 individuals from the most vulnerable groups.

Both initiatives form part of KSrelief's Etaam food basket distribution project, which is now in its fourth phase. Etaam will include the distribution of more 390,100 food baskets across 27 countries during Ramadan this year, helping more than 2.3 million people at a cost exceeding SR67 million ($17.9 million).

Etaam is part of the Saudi Arabia’s humanitarian efforts to help those in need across the world.

DAMMAM: Nine students from Eastern Province schools have secured their place on the Saudi Science and Engineering Team at the prestigious International Science and Engineering Fair in the US, the Saudi Press Agency has reported.

The students, whose qualification followed a rigorous national competition in Riyadh, were selected after they impressed in the four-stage process.

Their journey involved project submissions, electronic arbitration, and regional exhibitions before they earned their place at the final Kingdom-level event.

Sami Al-Otaibi, director general of education in the Eastern Province, hailed the achievement as testament to Saudi Arabia’s ongoing investment in its youth and education sector.

He added that the students’ success reflected the unwavering support of the Saudi leadership in empowering students to contribute to the Kingdom’s ambitious Vision 2030 reform program.