'Red Crescent': Strengthening national partnerships to develop humanitarian work

Khaled Al-Mughamsis, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society, reaffirmed the Society’s commitment to strengthening its strategic partnerships with national institutions and the oil sector, in order to support humanitarian work, develop community initiatives, and unify efforts to serve various segments of society.

This came during Al-Mughamsis’s meeting with Abdulrahman Al-Alayan, Director of the Public Relations and Administrative Services Group at Kuwait Oil Tankers Company (KOTC), Abdulwahab Al-Qatami, Head of the Public Relations and Media Team, and Mariam Al-Samhan, Senior Public Relations Officer, to discuss prospects for joint cooperation and to learn about the Society’s programs and its humanitarian and relief activities.

Speaking to KUNA, Al-Mughamsis said that the Society places great emphasis on building sustainable institutional relationships with various national entities, driven by its conviction in the importance of integrating roles and leveraging capabilities and expertise to develop the humanitarian work system and enhance its capacity to respond to community needs.

He added that cooperation with oil sector institutions presents an opportunity to expand the scope of humanitarian and volunteer initiatives and to benefit from institutional expertise in implementing specialized programs that yield tangible impact, help consolidate values of solidarity and mutual support among members of society, and enhance their sustainability both within Kuwait and abroad.

For his part, Al-Alayan emphasized, in a similar statement, KOTC’s commitment to building bridges of communication with leading humanitarian institutions and learning from their field experiences, thereby opening the door to knowledge and expertise exchange and exploring cooperation opportunities in areas of mutual interest.

He noted that the visit provided an opportunity to review the relief and volunteer programs implemented by the Society and its operational mechanisms, highlighting the importance of drawing on successful humanitarian experiences to develop community responsibility initiatives and promote such culture among institutions and their employees.