Saudis have donated funds to set up mobile bakeries providing 70,000 loaves of bread a day to Syrian refugees in camps close to Turkey's border.

There are hundreds of thousands of Syrians living in refugee camps in the north of the country without access to fuel, wheat and other necessities.

This is the first such initiative and part of the aid campaign launched by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. Prince Mohammed bin Naif, minister of interior, is overseeing the project. The campaign has already seen generous citizens donate quality electric blankets.

The ovens are placed in central and strategic locations close to densely populated camps. One is near to Kalas city on the Turkey-Syrian border, while another is close to the Bab Al-Hawa crossing camp. Aid workers also distribute the bread to the Siggo, Shamareenm A’deoun, Salfeen, Atma and Adleb camps.

The ovens consume more than 3.5 tons of wheat flour, an average of 400 liters of liquid fuel and other ingredients such as water, baking powder and salt every day.

Bader Samhan, regional director of the Saudi campaign, said the bakeries are top quality machines equipped with generators to ensure a flow of power if there are outages.

Samhan said the campaign has been helping Syrians for the past 12 months and would continue doing so in future. He said there are plans to provide more ovens.

In addition, the campaign organizers have signed a contract with one of the best bakeries in Lebanon to distribute bread to 2,000 Syrian families taking refuge in Lebanon over the next six months. The total cost of this project is SR900,000, funded by philanthropists.