Kuwaiti bank hands 100 Rohingya girls university scholarships

By Arwa Al-Wugayan KUWAIT, April 18, (KUNA) -- Kuwait Finance House will fund four-year university scholarships for 100 girls from the Rohingya refugee community in Bangladesh, Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) said on Sunday.
The move was put in place after an agreement singed between the Kuwaiti-based relief organisation and the Asian University of Bangladesh, based in Dhaka.
Speaking to KUNA, KRCS Secretary General Maha Al-Barjas praised the Kuwaiti private sector's support of the organisation's humanitarian endeavours, focused on relief, educational and health initiatives.
She called for ensuring the right to education for all, including displaced people affected by armed conflict, in order to create a sustainable means of livelihood. (end) akw.sam