Kuwaiti charitable organizations are running education, health, water and relief projects in Zanzibar, Yemen, Gaza, Chad, Palestine, India and across Africa under the “Kuwait by Your Side” campaign, the groups behind them said.
In Zanzibar, Tanzania, Nama Charity, affiliated to the Social Reform Society, is running educational and humanitarian projects including the KAF and Nama Educational Complex, orphanages, Nama School, a Quranic school and food distributions. Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Nama Charity Abdulaziz Al-Kandari said the association combines emergency relief with development work, capacity building and field monitoring to ensure aid reaches beneficiaries directly.
Al-Kandari said the association had laid the foundation stone for an integrated educational complex in partnership with Bahrain’s KAF Humanitarian Society. The complex will include a mosque, a school, an artesian well, a health center and a Quran memorization center. A field tour also included the opening of an artesian well in a village, providing residents with a reliable water supply, he said, adding that water projects are closely linked to health and stability.
In Yemen, the charity opened the Noura Health Center, a 205-square-meter facility with clinics for women, men and children, an emergency room, a pharmacy, a laboratory and a reception area. It is expected to serve about 4,000 people a year in an underserved area.
In Gaza, Nama is continuing its “Goodness Gives Them Water” campaign, distributing water tankers to displaced people in the north of the territory as humanitarian conditions worsen. In Chad, the Wadha Al-Anzi Islamic Center, comprising a mosque and a Quran memorization facility, was recently completed, and copies of the Holy Quran were distributed.
Separately, the Quranic Minarets Association is supporting widows and vulnerable families in Palestine, delivering drinking water in Africa, digging wells in India and running Quranic programs. General Director of the association Dr Mohammad Al-Omran said charitable work should move beyond immediate assistance toward sustainable solutions that improve living conditions and strengthen the resilience of those receiving aid.
He said the association’s projects in Palestine included support for widows and the distribution of food baskets to vulnerable families. Its water projects distributed 60,000 liters across Africa and opened 30 wells in India, he added. Al-Omran said the association also runs the late Mutlaq Al-Qarawi Quran Memorization Competition, and that donations from the public remain central to sustaining and expanding the projects.
