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Kuwait's Patients Helping Fund Society's Chairman Dr. Mohammad Al-Sharhan, UNRWA Senior External Relations and Projects Officer Munir Mannah and Ambassador Hamad Al Duaij during the signing ceremony
AMMAN, May 22 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Patients Helping Fund Society (PHF) will offer the Palestinian refugees in Gaza pharmaceuticals worth USD 20,000.
The PHF and UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) signed a medical aid agreement at the Kuwaiti embassy in Jordan.
Kuwait's Ambassador to Jordan Hamad Al Duaij, PHF Chairman Dr. Mohammad Al-Sharhan and UNRWA Senior External Relations and Projects Officer, Munir Mannah attended the signing ceremony.
The medical aid reflects Kuwait' commitment to alleviating the impact of the humanitarian tragedy the "Palestinian brothers" in Gaza have been experiencing in the health sector, Al Duaij told KUNA.
He added that for Kuwait Palestine is the Arabs' "major cause."
On his part, Dr. Al-Sharhan told KUNA the UNRWA is the official authorized body committed to implement such agreements on the ground "in real time".
This is not the first with the UN agency, and will not be the last amid the Palestinian people's struggle and dire need for continued assistance, he stressed.
UNRWA's Mannah said that a previous agreement was concluded to provide drugs to the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
Kuwait is among the major donors to UNRWA, prompting the country to be a member in the agency's Advisory Commission, he told KUNA.
Kuwait's generous support includes 12 schools recently completed thanks to financing by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), Mannah noted.
He expressed gratitude to the Kuwaiti government and people for their non-stop and lavish backing to the Palestinian people, extending thanks to ambassador Al Duaij for his hard efforts. (end)
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