Saudi donates $140 billion in global humanitarian aid

[Valar Dohaeris]

Saudi Arabia leads the world in the proportion of official development aid, which amounts to 1.9 percent of its gross national income, which is more than the United Nations’ target of 0.7 percent, based on the 2016 report of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

When it comes to actual figures globally, Saudi is at fourth place among donor countries, with the Kingdom’s total humanitarian aid during the past four decades touching $139 billion, which made an impact in more than 95 countries.

These figures were revealed on Sunday by Ahmed Qattan, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Egypt, in a statement issued by the Saudi Embassy in Cairo, , according to London-based Asharq Al-Awsat.

Qattan, is also the Kingdom’s permanent representative to the Arab League.

The envoy also dwelt on the activities of King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSRELIEF) in 19 countries providing much needed humanitarian support for 19 countries.

It provided aid worth $600 million and carried out 52 humanitarian projects covering nutrition, security, shelter, and camp coordination and management, which benefited about 22 million people.

Support for Syrians, Yemenis
Qattan also revealed that the Kingdom received nearly 2.5 million Syrian citizens, who were allowed freedom of movement and provided free access to education and healthcare.

Saudi Arabia does not consider Syrians as refugees and they were free to take up jobs in the Kingdom. market. He added that More than 141,000 Syrian students are currently enrolled at Saudi schools and universities, he said.

For refugees from Yemen, Qattan said the Kingdom has provided more than half a million Yemenis with the freedom of movement and work. They also had the opportunity to bring their families. He said that 285,000 Yemeni students had access to free public education in the Kingdom.

The Saudi envoy said that the Kingdom in February 2016 gave $59 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), with the total amount provided by the Kingdom to UNRWA since its establishment surpassing $500 million.

 

[Valar Dohaeris]

Kingdom successfully running its propaganda in the world and in the end supporting Madrassahs and radicalization of a particular sect in Islam. And successfully dividing the whole middle east country in the name of religion, but still gets chairman's position in UNHRC.

The kingdom is successfully running it's police department which is also a part time country for some 330 million people and they have recently decided to make themselves great once again.

First you create hostile situation and then fund that region in the name of foreign aid, amazing work by the hegemon of Middle East.

Why not pull all your work force out of Kingodm and all those countries ?

And stop all ties with Kingdom ?
And what exactly makes you a party to the issues ? Na teen me na tyrha me...

 

[haviZsultan]

The spelling in English on the truck is wrong. Saudis are way more English-illiterate than UAE by the way. Can be hard sometimes for foreigners to make do because arabic is the more understood language. No offense intended though. I just hope the next visit of mine will be less difficult because of the language barrier.

 

[Valar Dohaeris]

The spelling in English on the truck is wrong. Saudis are way more English-illiterate than UAE by the way. Can be hard sometimes for foreigners to make do because arabic is the more understood language. No offense intended though. I just hope the next visit of mine will be less difficult because of the language barrier.

From your sentence, everybody can see why you had such a difficult visit. No offense. English aap ki bhi boht patli ha

 

[H!TchHiker]

The spelling in English on the truck is wrong. Saudis are way more English-illiterate than UAE by the way. Can be hard sometimes for foreigners to make do because arabic is the more understood language. No offense intended though. I just hope the next visit of mine will be less difficult because of the language barrier.

Irrelevant... IT doesn't matter whatever the spelling is. Language is not as such much barrier in UAE and KSA...

 

[Al-Andalus]

Kingdom successfully running its propaganda in the world and in the end supporting Madrassahs and radicalization of a particular sect in Islam. And successfully dividing the whole middle east country in the name of religion, but still gets chairman's position in UNHRC.

The kingdom is successfully running it's police department which is also a part time country for some 330 million people and they have recently decided to make themselves great once again.

First you create hostile situation and then fund that region in the name of foreign aid, amazing work by the hegemon of Middle East.

 

[Abba_Dabba_Jabba]

Why not pull all your work force out of Kingodm and all those countries ?

And stop all ties with Kingdom ?
And what exactly makes you a party to the issues ? Na teen me na tyrha me...

Typical idea given by Pakistani who are more Arabian than the Arabians themselves.

India-SA have economic interest with each others,I am no policy maker, politically we(literate) all know how SA functions.

 

[Al-Andalus]

The spelling in English on the truck is wrong. Saudis are way more English-illiterate than UAE by the way. Can be hard sometimes for foreigners to make do because arabic is the more understood language. No offense intended though. I just hope the next visit of mine will be less difficult because of the language barrier.

KSA was never a Western colony. Arabic itself is in the top 5 of the world's most widespread, influential and important languages. We take great pride in our language and not that long ago people were reluctant to learn foreign languages as they considered Arabic to be sufficient. It's similar with French to make an example from Europe. People sometimes refuse to speak in English due to the above mentioned reasons that also apply to French.

Besides the youth of KSA (2/3 of the population) have good English skills. In fact all of the GCC do when it comes to youth nowadays. Not sure who you interacted with, when and where to be honest with you. KSA/GCC being one of the largest social users in the world ensures that English is a language that most people are exposed to one way or another.

But sure other countries have much better command of English and some of the older generation of English teachers are really bad.

Also don't forget that KSA has had 2-3 millions of students abroad since the 1960's. Currently there are almost 200.000 in the US alone. So the situation among the youth today is vastly different than before. I think that even PDF (Saudi Arabian users here) are a confirmation of this. Almost all of us are based in KSA and not abroad yet the vast, vast majority have a very good command of English.

EDIT:

LOL, just noticed it. Embarrassing however if you notice the smaller sings on the left they have spelled it correctly. Not sure what went wrong. Could have been a non-Saudi who did the writing. Quite a big chance of this in fact given the ratio of non-locals in the workforce in those types of jobs. Not that it makes it any better. Should have been corrected immediately.

 

[Abba_Dabba_Jabba]

Sorry sir, but I follow some other sources which are more independent and have some relevant things to talk. You know there are news sources that are not funded by capitalists, they can be trusted. I am not against SA as a country, but I am against the propaganda of the monarch.

 

[Valar Dohaeris]

Typical idea given by Pakistani who are more Arabian than the Arabians themselves.

India-SA have economic interest with each others,I am no policy maker, politically we(literate) all know how SA functions.

Every Indian comment on this blog is a such a shame to every thread. You guys dont even deserve to be responded. Get your "self-acclaimed literate and self-acclaimed judge" noose out of others business ...

 

[haviZsultan]

KSA was never a Western colony. Arabic itself is in the top 5 of the world's most widespread, influential and important languages. We take great pride in our language and not that long ago people were reluctant to learn foreign languages as they considered Arabic to be sufficient. It's similar with French to make an example from Europe. People sometimes refuse to speak in English due to the above mentioned reasons that also apply to French.

Besides the youth of KSA (2/3 of the population) have good English skills. In fact all of the GCC do when it comes to youth nowadays. Not sure who you interacted with, when and where to be honest with you. KSA/GCC being one of the largest social users in the world ensures that English is a language that most people are exposed to one way or another.

But sure other countries have much better command of English and some of the older generation of English teachers are really bad.

Also don't forget that KSA has had 2-3 millions of students abroad since the 1960's. Currently there are almost 200.000 in the US alone. So the situation among the youth today is vastly different than before. I think that even PDF (Saudi Arabian users here) are a confirmation of this. Almost all of us are based in KSA and not abroad yet the vast, vast majority have a very good command of English.

EDIT:

LOL, just noticed it. Embarrassing however if you notice the smaller sings on the left they have spelled it correctly. Not sure what went wrong. Could have been a non-Saudi who did the writing. Quite a big chance of this in fact given the ratio of non-locals in the workforce in those types of jobs. Not that it makes it any better. Should have been corrected immediately.

Its not that bad and motivates the immigrants to learn the local language, Arabic. Which also happens to be the language of Islam so i shouldn't be complaining, especially after respecting history-particularly Rashidun, Ummayad and Abbasid. The real difficulty is for part time visitors to the Arab world. I was just making an observation. In UAE I never felt any problem because I never knew arabic. In Saudi this can be a problem and I have faced it during umrah.

As you noted English proficiency is not necessary for Saudis and there is a lack of such proficiency in Pakistan as well. I appreciate how Saudi has looked after its citizens and as you noted sent 200,000 citizens abroad for education. Perhaps we can learn from you. Cheers friend.

 

[Al-Andalus]

Its not that bad and motivates the immigrants to learn the local language, Arabic. Which also happens to be the language of Islam so i shouldn't be complaining, especially after respecting history-particularly Rashidun, Ummayad and Abbasid. The real difficulty is for part time visitors to the Arab world. I was just making an observation. In UAE I never felt any problem because I never knew arabic. In Saudi this can be a problem and I have faced it during umrah.

As you noted English proficiency is not necessary for Saudis and there is a lack of such proficiency in Pakistan as well. I appreciate how Saudi has looked after its citizens and as you noted sent 200,000 citizens abroad for education. Perhaps we can learn from you. Cheers friend.

Most expats in KSA are not fluent in Arabic. Many in fact survive without even knowing the basics.

The older generation in KSA had almost no exposure to English at all so it is not surprising that they are not very proficient in English if at all. However this is not the case with most of the youth nowadays as I wrote.

Also a lot has to do with pronunciation. No offense but many English-speaking South Asians have a specific accent and it can be difficult for Arabs to understand it. Especially if they are not fluent in English to begin with. The vast majority of Saudi Arabian students in the West pick up English quite quickly. I have noticed this myself. However there is almost always an accent.

Those around 200.000 are only based in the US.

As for the Arab world and foreign languages. Many/most Arabs, especially the youth but also the older generation, have had exposure to foreign languages mainly English and French. If you go to the Maghreb many people speak French as a second or third language and when it comes to English, even inside the GCC (UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain - once under British rule), many of the older generation also speak it.

KSA, until recently, due to never being a Western colony, was probably one of the least exposed Muslim/non-Western countries when it comes to foreign languages outside of Hijaz and the coastal regions in the Eastern Province.