ANTANANARIVO: A team from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, also known as KSrelief, met recently with Maj. Gen. Elack Olivier Andriakaja, director-general of the National Office of Risk and Disaster Management of Madagascar, along with other senior officials, to discuss the latest situation regarding humanitarian and relief affairs in the African country.
The Saudi team announced that Riyadh will provide $2 million worth of food aid to Madagascar.
Andriakaja expressed his gratitude to the Saudi leadership for providing aid to the needy. He also said the Kingdom was the first to initiate the provision of food aid to those affected by cyclones in his country.
Elsewhere, the center inaugurated the second Saudi volunteer life program in the border city of Reyhanlı in Turkiye to help those affected by the earthquake in Syria and Turkiye.
Since the start of the campaign, the center’s medical team has examined 121 cases of general surgery and orthopedics and performed six successful surgeries.
Separately, the center distributed 12 tons of food baskets in various cities in Bangladesh, benefiting 3,000 individuals from 500 families, it was reported on Tuesday.
