KUWAIT: The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) is working with the Kuwait Agricultural Engineers Society on a plan to produce dates locally for overseas relief programs. Under the proposal, agricultural engineers would provide full technical feasibility studies. KRCS chair Khaled Al-Mughamis said the society is “keen to implement humanitarian and development projects inside and outside Kuwait in various fields, particularly the agricultural sector.”
Speaking after meeting association chair Abbas Abdulredha, Al-Mughamis said the Red Crescent wants to “strengthen cooperation with the association in this field in line with its goals of supporting communities and achieving sustainable development.”
Kuwaiti charities have in the past sent locally harvested dates to communities in need abroad, including Syria and Yemen. Those initiatives often coincide with the start of the date harvest season, when farm owners donate part of their crops as zakat. The fruit is collected, packaged and shipped using modern preservation methods, with the aim of supporting low-income families in various countries.
Abdulredha said the talks focused on ways to coordinate future humanitarian projects with the Red Crescent. “These charitable projects include agriculture and fisheries,” he said, noting the engineers’ role will be to “provide technical feasibility studies from all angles.” He said the date production plan was part of that discussion and stressed the association’s commitment to using its expertise to serve society and enhance Kuwait’s role in charitable and humanitarian work. — Agencies
