YEMEN Press Agency

Zakat Authority, Commerce Chamber launch campaign to advocate patients with renal failure

SANAA, Nov. 05 (YPA) – The General Authority for Zakat, the Chamber of Commerce in the capital Sanaa, and the Commerce Chambers Federation launched on Saturday in Sana’a a campaign to advocate patients with renal failure under the slogan “Whoever saves a single life, it will be as if he saved all of humanity.”

The campaign aims, in conjunction with the launching of kidney transplant project by the Zakat Authority for 100 poor patients with kidney failure in Sana’a at a cost of 550 million riyals, in coordination with the Ministry of Health and Al-Thawra Hospital, to alleviate the suffering of the poor from kidney failure diseases.

The Minister of State, Ahmed Al-Ali, indicated that the campaign is one of the most important charitable projects that are added to the Zakat Authority projects, calling on businessmen to support the efforts of the Zakat Authority to save the lives of patients with kidney failure.

For his part, the Chairman of the Zakat Authority, Sheikh Shamsan Abu Nashtan, noted the importance of the campaign to instill hope in the hearts of vulnerable patients with kidney failure and alleviate their pain, aches and suffering.

 

YPA