Zakat Committee

It has been active since 1981, as it meets the needs of the less fortunate people, including Kuwaitis and other residents who cannot provide for the needs of their families due to inability to work, unemployment, absence of the breadwinner, or for health reasons. The committee obtains its financial resources to implement its objectives from the zakat funds of philanthropists.

It provides material assistance to approximately 1,000 families, both Kuwaitis and non-Kuwaitis, the financial status of the beneficiary cases is monitored periodically. Some cases that are no longer in need are canceled and new cases are added.

Feeding coupons

The Committee has been implementing and financing the feeding project by giving away preparing ration cards (paid coupons) that are distributed to needy families and give them the opportunity to obtain food supplies for free. The number of cases benefiting from them is 870 cases.

Scholar’s Committee

The committee has been established in 2015, as it provides scholarships to Arab school students and university students of all nationalities who are unable to pay their tuition fees. The committee studies the conditions of the students and chooses the neediest and the best in terms of academic level. The number of students this year reached 250 students, and upon their graduation, new students are added to continue their education.

Kuwaitis for Jerusalem Committee

The Kuwaitis for Jerusalem Committee was established as a joint committee between the Women’s Cultural and Social Society and the Kuwaiti Alumni Society with the outbreak of Al Aqsa Intifada in 2000. However, its roots extend to the beginning of the first Palestinian Intifada in 1987, where the Kuwaiti Alumni Society has established the “Arab Committee to Support the Palestinian Intifada”, which continued to support the Palestinian struggle in its first intifada.

Committee Objectives
1- Reviving the Palestinian cause despite all the difficulties and challenges the Arab nation is currently facing.
2- Restoring cohesion between the peoples of Kuwait and Palestine through various cultural activities.
3- Supporting the steadfastness of the Palestinian people in the face of the Israeli occupation morally, materially and politically.
4- Contributing to stopping the Judaization of Jerusalem and other holy sites in the occupied territories.

Projects Adopted by the Committee
1- Educational Projects: The Committee has supported large numbers of Palestinian youth studying in Jordanian universities.
2- Health Projects: Most of them focused on rehabilitating the wounded and disabled as a result of Israeli attacks.
3- Projects to prevent the Ionization of Jerusalem: The Committee contributed to the restoration of several historical facilities in the city of Jerusalem.
4- Projects with cultural impacts: such as rebuilding houses that were destroyed by the occupation and reforesting the lands which trees the occupation has uprooted.
5- Palestinian University Student Program.
6- Ouoni Project (a mobile ophthalmic clinic in Palestine).
7- Combating the spread of drugs among Palestinian youth in Jerusalem.
8- Yatta Village Restoration Project, Rawaq Center for Folk Architecture, and the restoration of a mosque in the old town, which was selected to become an Islamic Museum attached to the secondary school.
9- Purchasing medical supplies for AlMakassed Charitable Hospital in Jerusalem.