Saudi Arabia will provide orphans in Djibouti with aid every month under a new humanitarian support programme targeting vulnerable children and the families caring for them.
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) signed a cooperation agreement with the Refaq Association in Hail to deliver the programme, which combines monthly financial assistance with clothing and shopping vouchers.
The agreement was signed in Riyadh on September 17, 2026, as Saudi Arabia expanded its humanitarian assistance to vulnerable communities outside the Kingdom.
Under the agreement, each participating orphan will receive $80(Sh10,000), every month.
The financial assistance aims to help families and guardians meet the basic needs of orphaned children and reduce the economic pressure associated with caring for them.
The programme will directly support 400 beneficiaries and is expected to benefit another 1,600 people indirectly, according to Arab News and the Saudi Press Agency.
KSrelief and its partner will also provide clothing to the beneficiaries and issue shopping vouchers through a contracted commercial partner. The additional assistance will allow the programme to address some of the children’s material needs while the monthly payments provide recurring financial support.
KSrelief is implementing the programme in partnership with the Refaq Association, a Saudi charitable organisation based in Hail.
The partnership forms part of KSrelief’s broader mandate to provide humanitarian and relief assistance to vulnerable communities in different parts of the world.
The Djibouti initiative comes as KSrelief continues to expand humanitarian programmes across Africa, the Middle East and other regions. In recent weeks, the agency has announced several programmes targeting vulnerable children and families.
In neighbouring Somalia, KSrelief recently rehabilitated the Omar bin Al-Khattab Orphan Care Center in Baidoa and distributed school bags and uniforms to 280 children.
The wider Somalia project benefits 905 children across four orphan care centres and supports 200 mothers who provide for their families. The programme also trains breadwinner mothers in sewing and provides sewing machines to help them generate income.
KSrelief has also continued emergency assistance in Yemen. On September 19, the agency distributed shelter tents and kits to displaced families in Shabwa, benefiting 126 people from 18 families. Earlier in September, it distributed 96 tents and shelter kits to 96 displaced families in Taiz, benefiting 576 people.
In Gaza, KSrelief has continued food and shelter assistance as part of Saudi Arabia’s humanitarian campaign. The agency’s central kitchen recently distributed 25,000 hot meals to vulnerable people in central and southern Gaza, while another aid convoy delivered tents to support families affected by the humanitarian crisis.
The new orphan programme also builds on existing Saudi humanitarian assistance in Djibouti. In March 2026, KSrelief distributed 450 food baskets to vulnerable people in Djibouti’s Arta Region. The food assistance benefited 2,700 people during the fifth phase of the centre’s 2026 food basket project in the country.
The Djibouti programme forms part of a wider series of agreements announced by KSrelief in September targeting orphaned and vulnerable children.
In Gaza, KSrelief announced a programme providing monthly sponsorship payments of $100, along with clothing, school bags, stationery, recreational activities and toys for orphans and families who have lost their breadwinners.
Another programme in Kosovo also targets orphaned children with monthly sponsorship and other forms of assistance.
