RIYADH: Dr. Samer Al-Jetaily, the spokesman of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief), said that fundraising efforts for overseas aid by other communities, institutions or associations based in the Kingdom contravene the royal order stipulating that any donations for humanitarian or charitable overseas aid —  whether from government or civilian sources — must be made through KSRelief.
Al-Jetaily stressed that the reasons behind this ruling are to prevent people from falling foul of laws covering suspicious activities, including money laundering and the funding of terror groups, and called on people not to respond to promotions online calling for donations to other organizations. KSRelief, he said, is focused on delivering aid to the needy abroad with complete transparency in accordance with domestic and international standards.
He added that the center has set up an online platform to receive donations — donate.ksrelief.org — and that donations can also be made via text message, on all mobile networks in the Kingdom, to the number 5565.
