ISLAMABAD: Saudi aid agency, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), on Friday distributed 4,000 winter kits in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to provide support to communities impacted by extreme weather conditions.
The programme is part of KSrelief’s broader winterization initiative, launched earlier this month at the Saudi embassy in Islamabad. Under the initiative, 22,000 winter kits will be distributed to more than 154,000 people across Pakistan.
Each winter kit comprises two polyester quilts, warm shawls, and winter clothing, with approximately 800 kits earmarked for each of the Chitral, Upper Dir, Upper Kohistan, Mansehra, and Kurram districts.
“The initiative targets communities severely impacted by harsh winter conditions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, as well as selected areas of Punjab and Sindh experiencing extremely low temperatures,” KSrelief said in a statement.
The project is being implemented in close coordination with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), provincial disaster management authorities, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Relief, Rehabilitation and Settlement Department, and the Hayat Foundation.
According to the statement, the initiative underscores KSrelief’s ongoing commitment to easing winter-related hardships and improving the living conditions of vulnerable communities across Pakistan.
In recent years, the Saudi charity has launched a range of projects in Pakistan spanning food security, healthcare, education, and disaster response, further strengthening the bonds of friendship and brotherhood between the two countries.
