Riyadh: Saudi charity society Awaser has announced that it has added 681 new needy Saudi families living abroad to the list of its sponsored families. It added that the families comprise 1,961 members in all.
This was disclosed by Dr. Tawfeek Bin Abdul Aziz Al Suwialem, chairman of the the society's board. He noted that the group had expanded its services to cover 24 countries and recently received cases from Palestine, Tanzania and Djibouti.
Dr Al Suwialem said that the society was keen to reach Saudi families all over the world and extend assistance in cash or kind for them besides making arrangements for those desirous of returning home.
"The society helps in paying education fees for those families, supports health and social programmes, assists in issuing identity documents for them as well as provides tickets for those wishing to return to the kingdom," he said.
For his part, Major General Abdullah Al Saleem, the deputy chairman of the society's board said an ongoing effort to update processes and mechanisms had succeeded in reuniting many families struggling abroad with their extended families in the kingdom, he added.
He said the society realised its responsibilities and the sufferings of Saudi families living abroad. "For these reasons we work on a continuing basis to adopt new ideas, engage in consultations and benefit from similar experiences in order to achieve our set objectives," he concluded.
