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Saudi Arabia launches volunteer program to support Sudan
Saudi Arabia has launched the Ather volunteer program to support Sudan.
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah, who leads the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, announced the program.
It plans 200 volunteer projects and more than 58,000 surgeries.
The work is expected to benefit about 600,000 people and aims to ease hardship while providing training and economic support, including in health care.
The program is part of Saudi Arabia’s ongoing humanitarian support for Sudan.
The center has also carried out aid projects and volunteer campaigns in many countries, according to Al-Rabeeah.
The projects and surgeries are planned next, but no schedule was given.
Saudi Arabia launched the Ather volunteer program to support Sudan.
The program includes 200 volunteer projects and more than 58,000 surgical operations.
About 600,000 people are expected to benefit.
The program aims to ease humanitarian suffering and promote training and economic empowerment in health and other fields.
- Who
- Saudi Arabia, through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, launched the program.
- What
- The Ather program will carry out 200 volunteer projects and more than 58,000 surgical operations.
- When
- It was launched on the day before the article was published on October 14, 2026.
- Where
- Sudan.
- Why
- To ease humanitarian suffering and support training and economic empowerment.
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- Program
- Ather
- Volunteer projects
- 200
- Surgical operations
- More than 58,000
- Expected beneficiaries
- Approximately 600,000
- Launch
- The day before October 14, 2026
What people are saying
the program is an extension of the Kingdom's ongoing humanitarian efforts to support Sudan