Kuwait emir donates $5m to build village for Syrian refugees

 His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has donated over five million dollars to build a village with full amenities for the benefit of displaced Syrian refugees in Jordan, Abdullah Al-Maatouq, Chairman of the International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) and envoy of the UN Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs told reporters here on Wednesday. To be built within the boundaries of the Al-Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, the village will boast one thousand housing units, a medical center including a dental clinic, a mosque, two schools for boys and girls, fully equipped with desks for 800 students, said Al-Maatouq, noting that the IICO has launched recently upon the directives of His Highness the Amir a donation drive to alleviate the burden on Syrian refugees in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, and Armenia.Last June, he said, the IICO opened a Kuwaiti village, similar to the one in the Zaatari refugee camp, in the region of Kilis in Turkey to house Syrian refugees.He thanked His Highness the Amir for his gesture and applauded his hosting the second donors conference in Kuwait last month for the benefit of the refugees.