November 3, 2023
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Saudi Launches Fundraising Campaign for Gaza

Donors can also send their transfers directly through the campaign’s Al-Rajhi Bank account, or download the Sahem application on mobile devices via Apple or Google Play….reports Asian Lite News

Saudi’s Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have issued directives to launch a fundraising campaign on Sahem Platform affiliated with the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) to aid Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

In a press statement, Advisor to the Royal Court and Supervisor General of the KSrelief Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah noted that this fundraising campaign is part of the historical role of the Kingdom in supporting the brotherly Palestinian people in various crises, adding that the Saudi humanitarian and development support has never stopped reaching the Palestinian people.

He pointed out that the Kingdom is at the top donor countries in providing support to the Palestinian people, expressing gratitude and appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and HRH the Crown Prince for their support to help the Palestinian people.

Donations can be made to the campaign via the Sahem platform at https://sahem.ksrelief.org/Gaza

Donors can also send their transfers directly through the campaign’s Al-Rajhi Bank account, or download the Sahem application on mobile devices via Apple or Google Play.

Al-Rabeeah added that KSrelief will not deduct any administrative fees from donations, so the full amounts will reach the intended beneficiaries.

The General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars, which is headed by the Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh, has urged Muslims in the Kingdom to donate to the campaign.

Al-Sheikh said the campaign confirmed the keenness of the Saudi leadership to support the needs of the afflicted and those in need of assistance.

The total number of donors to have accessed the platform stood at 72,375 by Thursday afternoon, and SR64,274,009 had been made in donations.

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