By Arwa Al-Wugayyan
KUWAIT, Aug 16 (KUNA) -- The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) on Wednesday distributed coupons to limited income families in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh district to enable them buy Eid clothes, gifts and food.
Hayat Al-Marzouq, an official at KRCS local aid department, told KUNA that toys that were given to children of these families were granted by the National Bank of Kuwait and milk from the KDD diary company.
The society staff, in coordination with volunteers, will visit more houses of such families in the coming days to deliver these aid coupons.
Volunteer Amina Al-Sherif, a citizen who has lived abroad and volunteered two weeks ago, revealed in remarks to KUNA that some of the families in Kuwait live under poverty line.
Abu Mohammad, father of one of these impoverished families, said, "We live in dwelling where we suffer from recurring power outages thus making us suffer in such extreme heat." The paralyzed man, who has called for help so that he can buy a wheelchair, lives with his seven-member family in a small ramshackled house of one bedroom, single toilet with old and damaged plumbing.
The miserable family hardly makes ends meet with donations. (end) aw.rk