KSrelief Eid initiative provides food for more than 800,000 people

RIYADH: Saudi aid agency KSrelief distributed 40,920 bags of rice, each weighing 20 kg, benefiting 245,520 individuals in Somalia as part of its Zakat Al-Fitr initiative, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.

Zakat Al-Fitr is a donation of food to the needy that must be given at the end of Ramadan before the Eid Al-Fitr prayer.

Zakat was also distributed in Yemen, with 31,333 bags of rice benefiting 219,331 individuals.

In Syria, 62,250 bags of wheat weighing 25 kg each were distributed to 373,500 individuals in need.