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AMMAN: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center recently signed an agreement with the King Hussein Cancer Foundation to treat Syrian refugees diagnosed with cancer in Jordan, with a total value of $1.33 million.
KSrelief Assistant Supervisor-General for Operations and Programs Ahmed bin Ali Al-Beez and KHCF Director Nisreen Qatamesh signed the agreement at the headquarters of the Saudi Embassy in Amman.
The distinguished strategic partnership between KSrelief and KHCF started in 2018 and played a pivotal role in saving the lives of cancer patients, where the provided support contributed to treating several Syrian and Yemeni refugees.
The agreement is a part of KSrelief鈥檚 efforts to treat the increasing numbers of Syrian refugees diagnosed with cancer who cannot afford the costs of treatment.
Worldwide, KSrelief has implemented 2,011 projects worth nearly $6 billion in 84 countries, in cooperation with 175 local, regional and international partners since the inception of the center in May 2015.
According to a recent KSrelief report, the countries and territories that benefited the most from the center鈥檚 various projects were Yemen ($4 billion), Palestine ($369 million), Syria ($327 million) and Somalia ($216 million).