ERBIL, July 11: The State of Kuwait on Monday started distributing meat of cattle, slaughtered as 'adhahi' (sacrifices) during Eid Adha festival, to nearly 12,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) at Hassan Sham camp, east Erbil city, Kurdistan region, in northern Iraq. The aid project, part of "Kuwait stands by you" campaign, is funded by Kuwait's International Islamic Charity Organization (IICO) executed by Iraq's Hebaa Foundation for Sustainable Development.

The project comes at a time when residents of the camp are in dire need of aid due to lukewarm response to their needs from international aid agencies, Hebaa Director Mohammad Selim told KUNA. He expressed gratitude for Kuwaiti Amir, government and people, as well as everybody who contributed to the campaign. It is an annual tradition that Kuwait hands out dozens of tons of sacrifices' meat to IDPs and needy people in Kurdistan region.

Also Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) on Monday started distributing meat of cattle, slaughtered as 'adhahi' (sacrifices) during Eid Adha festival, to needy Palestinian families in Gaza Strip. The aid campaign, organized jointly with Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), benefits 1,300 needy families in five governorates across the Strip, said Amr Ali, a media and public relations officer at the PRCS. "As part of the campaign, 11 head of cattle were slaughtered in Rafah City, to the southwest of Gaza Strip and their meat have been handed out to marginalized families," Ali told KUNA. He expressed gratitude for Kuwaiti Amir, government and people, as well as everybody who contributed to the campaign. (KUNA)