Hungry man is an angry man
i t is nice to see various parties racing to make donations and assist government institutions to carry out their tasks and shoulder their enormous responsibilities in facing the calamity which our dear country is passing through.
we hope the state will collect funds which can actually mean something that can be benefited from, and this is what the people of kuwait are known since ancient times. i have personally experienced the philanthropic work of kuwaitis over the past half a century.
the money that has been donated to the government coffer is symbolic. the government does not need it urgently, at least from the financial point of view, but in the moral sense, it is a necessity. this is the evidence of solidarity, brotherhood, synergy between the people and their government because this is what has made kuwait and the kuwaitis and envy of the world throughout their history – the ability to rally around the rulers in times of real calamities.
what is important, dangerous and worth paying attention to immediately now is the situation of tens of thousands of workers, especially those hired on a daily wage basis, who suddenly find themselves without a source of income since they have been ‘pulled off the roads’, work suspended for various reasons.
how can they be not subjected to starvation? the situation may force them to commit crimes – theft, violence or return to their home country – to fulfill their basic needs, especially in light of the decisions issued by the council of ministers which forbid gathering of people in one place.
what about expatriates infected with coronavirus? what about their families and those who care about them, and other cases that require immediate attention to the needs of all of them?
we, at the kuwaiti humanitarian friendship society, which is a proclaimed charity, have formed a volunteer team to search for such cases and provide them material assistance to overcome the difficulties they face, but our society’s efforts remain modest compared to the size of the problem.
accordingly, we appeal to the government agencies to direct part of the donation funds that they received to help these groups since this category of people is big in numbers and we all risk of them being forgotten.
we also ask the charity people to direct a portion of their money to help this group, whether directly or through the red crescent society or any other trustworthy entities – which regrettably are few.
we hope our appeal will not fall on deaf ears. we at the kuwaiti humanitarian friendship society are ready to cooperate with any party that wants to help the affected, the sick, the needy, and their families. we all have a responsibility to keep this homeland beautiful and tidy from the humanitarian point of view.
