KSrelief delivers more than 6,000 food aid parcels

The Etaam project, now in its fourth phase, aims to distribute 390,109 food parcels across 27 countries during Ramadan. (SPA)
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  • A total of 2.3 million people will benefit from the Etaam project this Ramadan

RIYADH: Saudi Arabian aid agency KSrelief has delivered 6,195 food parcels to some of the world’s neediest people, reported the Saudi Press Agency on Monday.

In Zabre, Burkina Faso, 1,000 parcels were delivered as part of the Etaam Ramadan food basket distribution project, providing sustenance for 6,000 people,.

Meanwhile 80 packages were sent to Peqin in Albania, and some 3,390 people benefited from aid delivered to 565 families in Nouakchott, Mauritania. 

The Pakistani provinces of Balochistan, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan resulted in nearly 29,000 people being fed as a result of 3,800 parcels received by 3,800 families, while 250 packages went to people in Nawabganj, Bangladesh, and 500 went to Conakry, the capital of Guinea.

The Etaam project, now in its fourth phase, aims to distribute 390,109 food parcels across 27 countries during Ramadan, benefiting 2.3 million people at a cost of more than SR67 million ($17.866 million), added SPA.