Day: July 1, 2022

The Hague– Assistant General Supervisor of the Riyadh-based King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) for Planning and Development Dr. Aqeel Al-Ghamdi, has headed the donor group to support the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) in Geneva, it was reported today.

During the mission, Dr. Al-Ghamdi and the accompanying delegation met on the sidelines of a high-level meeting of the donor group in The Hague yesterday with Fredrick LEE-OHLSSON, Head of the Humanitarian Affairs Division and UN Policy of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and his accompanying delegation, .

During the meeting, Dr. Al-Ghamdi gave a full presentation to the Swedish representative on the Saudi Arabia’s steps taken in preparation for its presidency of the donor group, including extensive research of previous presidencies, and evaluations that were carried out for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and multiple consultations with major donors, welcoming the joint bilateral cooperation with Sweden in this regard.

For his part, Frederick expressed his country's interest in bilateral cooperation with Saudi Arabia during its presidency of the donor group, especially in the proactive humanitarian work and assessment of humanitarian needs, as well as coordination with KSrelief regarding the third Riyadh Humanitarian Forum to be held in February 2023.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Makkah-- The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, in strategic cooperation with the General Authority for Awqaf, has launched a unique awareness initiative for the pilgrims coming to perform Hajj from all over the world, as part of a series of awareness-building and outreach efforts for this year’s Hajj season.

The new initiative includes 13 detailed guides that explain the various stages of performing Hajj in an easy-to-understand format with topics of interest to pilgrims.

The e-guides are available in the following languages: Arabic, English, French, Urdu, Bengali, Indonesian, Malaysian, Hausa, Amharic, Farsi, Spanish, Turkish, Russian, and Sinhalese.

These awareness guides are consistent with the objectives of the Saudi Vision 2030 to facilitate and enhance the Hajj journey for pilgrims so they can perform and engage in their faith-enhancing experience in safety and tranquility.

By answering questions in more than 14 most-spoken languages, The ministry seeks to preserve the health, safety, and rights of pilgrims.

These 182 educational guides—translations included— which cover all religious, health, procedural, and logistical information that pilgrims need, have been designed to be eye-catching and illustrative, using a wide array of cutting-edge images, illustrations, and short educational video clips.

Through this initiative and others, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has undertaken every effort to serve Hajj pilgrims in the best manner possible. The 10,178-page guides can be accessed anywhere, anytime, and on any device free of charge, and were produced in strategic cooperation with the General Authority for Awqaf, and in partnership with other government agencies that provide services to the pilgrims during Hajj.

These guides equip Hajj and Umrah pilgrims with the essential knowledge they need about every aspect of their pilgrimage in a clear, direct, and integrated manner.

The guide can be accessed by visiting the ministry's website via the link: https://guide.haj.gov.sa/

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Rabat-- The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) highly welcomed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s announcement to finance a set of development projects in the Republic of Yemen worth $400 million, in addition to providing fuel for power stations at a cost of $200 million.

In a statement issued today, ICESCO praised the contents of the support plan, which includes about 17 projects, and a development program in 6 vital sectors, the most important of which are energy, transport, education, health and building government institutions.

ICESCO reiterated its readiness to cooperate with the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Programme for Yemen (SDRPY) and with the rest of the partners in implementing the contents of this plan, especially in the fields of education, health and all related fields.

While commending this initiative, ICESCO is pleased to congratulate the wise Saudi leadership and the people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for this generous support that enhances Yemen’s stability and unity.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Madinah-- Jordanian Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Dr. Mohammad Al-Khalaileh praised the remarkable development of the transportation services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, citing the implementation of Haramain High Speed Railway Project, which is one of the major projects designed to serve pilgrims and Umrah performers who seek to visit the two holy mosques.

In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), before his departure to the holy sites in Makkah on board Haramain High Speed Railway from Madinah, the minister reiterated that Jordanian pilgrims benefited from the diversity of transportation services that enables pilgrims to easily and quickly move around, whether by train, land transport via buses, or domestic air transport, adding that this reflects the sincere and great efforts made by the Kingdom under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and HRH the Crown Prince.

The minister extended his appreciation and gratitude to the Kingdom’s government for all the services and facilities provided to pilgrims to facilitate the Hajj journey.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Madinah-- A total of 344,881 pilgrims from several nationalities have arrived in Madinah, through air and land crossings to perform this year’s Hajj.

Statistics on arriving and departing pilgrims in Madinah, issued by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, showed that 278,751 pilgrims have arrived through the Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah since receiving the first Hajj flights, while the land immigration center received 49,806 pilgrims who arrived in Madinah through land border crossings.

The statistics also revealed the nationalities of pilgrims staying in Madinah, showing that Bangladeshi pilgrims are top residents of Madinah with 12,411, followed by Pakistanis with 8,229, Indians with 6,595, Iranians with 6,433, and Nigerians with 6,320.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Abyan-- King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed yesterday 3000 cartons of dates in Abyan Governorate, Yemen, benefiting 21,000 individuals.

This comes as part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's efforts, represented by the KSrelief, to support Yemeni food security and meet the basic needs of the Yemeni needy people.

Source: Saudi Press Agency