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ISF approves financial aid for 36 development projects in Arab countries

by admin | May 25, 2021 | Muslim World

Jeddah : The Islamic Solidarity Fund (ISF) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has approved financial assistance worth $1.490 for 37 development projects in some member states of the Arab Group.

OIC Secretary General Dr. Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen stated that the approved assistance is allocated for health, relief, education, development and culture projects. He noted that the ISF has always been a pioneer in providing aid for the good of the Islamic world peoples.

In Palestine, the ISF financial assistance goes to several projects including the Ahl-Al Khair Association, the Palestinian Anti-Drugs Association, Al-Ihsan Charitable Society, Patient’s Friends Society, Battir Charitable Society, the Hendaza Breda Village Council, Al Yamoun Municipality, Diabetes Friends Society, Working Women Society, Mojadidon Charitable Association for Youth Support, Palestinian Red Crescent Society, Fajr Association for Relief and Development, Sawaed Association for Relief and Development, Public Service Association for Gaza Neighborhoods, Hayfa Charitable Medical Center Association.

In Saudi Arabia, the ISF assistance goes to the Knowledge International Educational Foundation, Dar Al-Mawsoah Charitable Society and the Arab Urban Development Institute. The Fund assistance also covers the Youth Revival Charitable Organization, Afaq Al Majd Organization for Youth Welfare and Rehabilitation in Sudan, as well as the Islamic Committee of the International Crescent (ICIC) in Libya.

—AB/UNA-OIC

ISF approves new financial aid for development projects

by admin | May 25, 2021 | Muslim World

Jeddah : The Islamic Solidarity Fund (ISF), one of the organs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has approved new financial aid for several developmental, social and educational projects in a number of OIC member states.

The OIC Secretary General Dr. Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen said that this aid comes in the context of the support provided by the OIC, represented by the ISF, for the efforts to achieve sustainable and inclusive human development and economic well-being of the peoples of member states.

He asserted that this is part of the assiduous efforts of the OIC to serve Muslims in these sectors and develop their capacities in various social, economic, educational and cultural fields.

The beneficiaries of the ISF new financial assistance are various. They include the Waqf project of the Islamic University of Niger, the Islamic Charitable Organization and Conadi Charitable Society in Côte d’Ivoire, and Al-Zahra Association for Social Development and Vocational Training in Burkina Faso. They also include the Saudi Dar Al-Mawsoa Charitable Society, Youth Revival Charitable Organization in Sudan, and the Islamic Committee of the International Crescent in Libya as well as Haj Najib Education Center in Sri Lanka, a non-member state.

—SM/UNA-OIC