"Kuwait is by your side"... A charity that transcends borders
As part of the “Kuwait is by Your Side” campaign, and under high-level directives, Kuwaiti humanitarian efforts continue to transcend borders, carrying a message that goes beyond mere assistance to building a safer and more stable life. Projects in education, health, water, and relief converge in a scene that reflects a steadfast Kuwaiti approach to standing by people wherever they are.
From Zanzibar to Yemen, Gaza, Chad, Palestine, India, and the African continent, the circles of Kuwaiti goodwill expand to address diverse needs and open new windows of hope. A well that restores water to a village, a school that lights the path for a child, a health center that alleviates a patient’s pain, and food that reaches a family—all are images that encapsulate the meaning of giving when it transforms from a transient act into a lasting impact on communities.
In Zanzibar, Tanzania, Namah Charity, affiliated with the Al-Islah Social Association, continued its developmental path through educational and humanitarian projects, including the Kaf and Namah Education Complex, orphanages, the Namah School, and one Quranic school. These efforts were complemented by food distributions to beneficiary families, extending work that spanned education, water, health, and relief, with its impact also reaching Yemen, Gaza, and Chad.
Abdulaziz Al-Kandari, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Namah, stated that the association’s humanitarian and developmental projects are driven by its mission to create sustainable impact that combines emergency relief with development and human capacity building. He noted that field monitoring allows for assessing beneficiaries’ needs, ensuring that support reaches its intended recipients, and achieving objectives on the ground.
Al-Kandari added that the association laid the foundation for a comprehensive educational complex in collaboration with Kaf Humanitarian in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The complex includes a mosque, a school, an artesian well, a health center, and a house for Quran memorization, integrating the essentials of education, health, water, and community care into a single project serving the local community for years to come.
He pointed out that the field tour also witnessed the inauguration of an artesian well in a needy village, providing a water source for its residents. He emphasized that water projects represent one of the pathways with direct and sustainable impact on communities, as they address a basic need linked to life, health, and stability.
He clarified that humanitarian work extended to Yemen with the opening of the Nora Health Center, built on an area of 205 square meters. The center includes clinics for women, men, and children, an emergency room, a pharmacy, a laboratory, a reception department, and service facilities, aiming to serve approximately 4,000 beneficiaries annually and bring medical care closer to areas suffering from limited health services.
Al-Kandari stated that Namah continues in the Gaza Strip to implement the “Charity that Quenches Them” campaign, distributing water containers to displaced persons in the northern sector in response to the growing need for water amid difficult humanitarian conditions. Meanwhile, the association completed the project for the Wadha Al-Anzi Islamic Center in Chad, which includes a mosque and a Quran memorization center, alongside the distribution of Quran copies to beneficiaries.
He affirmed that the diversity of projects—spanning water, education, health, relief, and Quranic work—reflects the comprehensiveness of the Kuwaiti charitable sector and its commitment to transitioning assistance from direct response to creating extended developmental impact. He noted that the generosity of Kuwaitis translates on the ground into a school where a child learns, a well from which a village drinks, a health center where a patient finds care, and a family that receives a helping hand.
For its part, the Minbar Al-Qurani Association continued to chart multiple paths for humanitarian work, through projects ranging from supporting widows and needy families in Palestine, to providing drinking water to those in need across the African continent, and drilling wells in India, alongside its Quranic programs. This approach combines immediate relief with building more sustainable impact within beneficiary communities.
The association’s General Director, Dr. Mohammed Al-Amran, stated that “Minbar” continued to implement its humanitarian and charitable projects, driven by its responsibility toward needy communities. He emphasized that charitable work is not limited to providing immediate assistance but extends to creating sustainable solutions that contribute to improving the lives of beneficiaries.
Al-Amran added that the association implemented a project supporting widows in Palestine, in addition to distributing food baskets to needy families, aiming to alleviate their living burdens and enhance their capacity to cope with the difficult circumstances they face.
He noted that the water provision projects included distributing 60,000 liters of water across the African continent, to provide drinking water to beneficiaries and address one of the most fundamental needs related to human life. Meanwhile, the association opened 30 wells in India to provide more sustainable water sources and serve beneficiary communities in the long term.
He clarified that the association also continued its programs in serving the Book of God and promoting Quran memorization, through the late Mutlaq Al-Qarawi Quran Memorization Competition. He affirmed that the diversity of projects—spanning relief, water, and Quranic work—reflects the association’s commitment to ensuring that the fruits of charity reach those entitled to them and to meeting the actual needs of beneficiary communities.
He stressed that the generosity and giving of the people of Kuwait constitute a fundamental pillar for the continuity and expansion of these projects’ impact. He pointed out that every contribution can make a real difference in a person’s life, and that the association will continue to implement its charitable, humanitarian, and Quranic projects, reinforcing values of compassion and solidarity.
The projects under “Kuwait By Your Side,” with their geographical and sectoral diversity, reveal a renewed image of Kuwaiti giving, whose scale is not measured by the number of projects alone, but by the transformation they bring to the details of daily life. The path to stability may begin with a drop of water, a school seat, medicine reaching a patient, or food that preserves a family’s dignity.
The hand of Kuwaiti giving remains extended under the umbrella of the “Kuwait By Your Side” campaign and in line with high directives, within a humanitarian journey that has made Kuwait’s name a companion to the needy in many places. It has cemented the meaning that when charity extends with awareness and sustainability, it does not end with the conclusion of a project; rather, it remains a school that illuminates the future, a well that pulses with life, a center that heals pain, and a human legacy passed down through generations.
