ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed over 1,200 shelter kits in the flood-hit districts of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab and northern Gilgit-Baltistan areas, state-run media reported on Sunday.
Monsoon rains and resulting floods have killed over 1,000 people in Pakistan since Jun. 26. Heavy rains and excess water released by dams from India also triggered floods in the country’s eastern Punjab province since late August, affecting over 4.5 million people.
“The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center has distributed over one thousand two hundred shelter kits in Kasur and Multan districts and Ghanche district of Gilgit-Baltistan, benefiting eight thousand six hundred individuals in flood-affected areas,” state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported.
The state broadcaster said the distribution was part of the fourth phase of a KSrelief project to provide winter kits and 15,000 shelter kits among affected people.
KSrelief has been helping out flood-hit families in Punjab. Earlier this month, the Saudi humanitarian agency handed over five trucks of 10,000 shelter kits and 10,000 food packages to the provincial government.
KSrelief is one of the largest humanitarian organizations in the world and has implemented numerous projects in Pakistan. These projects focus on food security, health care, shelter, education and disaster response, further strengthening the bonds of friendship between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
