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Saudi Red Crescent official receives 2026 GCC civil service medal
Munira Al-Hamza, who leads the volunteering administration at Saudi Arabia’s Red Crescent Authority, received the Gulf Cooperation Council’s 2026 Medal for Civil Service and Administrative Development.
The award recognizes her work to develop volunteering and humanitarian services.
Her initiatives include a digital volunteering platform, the Kafu program to encourage volunteers and work on the Responder app.
She also helped develop emergency volunteering programs across Saudi Arabia and during the Hajj and Umrah seasons.
The authority says the efforts contributed to more than 332,000 volunteers, over 152,000 volunteer opportunities and more than 8.3 million volunteer hours.
These programs aim to strengthen community participation and readiness to respond to emergencies.
Munira Al-Hamza, director general of the Red Crescent Authority’s General Administration for Volunteering, received the 2026 Gulf Cooperation Council Medal for Civil Service and Administrative Development.
The award recognized her contributions to volunteer and humanitarian work and initiatives to improve community participation and emergency services.
Her work included launching a digital volunteering platform, the Kafu volunteer motivation program and contributing to the Responder application.
The efforts helped increase the number of volunteers to more than 332,000, with over 152,000 volunteer opportunities and more than 8.3 million volunteer hours.
- Who
- Munira Al-Hamza, director general of the Red Crescent Authority’s General Administration for Volunteering.
- What
- She received the 2026 Gulf Cooperation Council Medal for Civil Service and Administrative Development.
- When
- 2026. The article was published on 10 October 2026.
- Where
- Saudi Arabia.
- Why
- In recognition of her contributions to volunteer and humanitarian work and initiatives that enhanced community participation and emergency services.
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- Recipient
- Munira Al-Hamza
- Award
- 2026 Gulf Cooperation Council Medal for Civil Service and Administrative Development
- Volunteers
- More than 332,000
- Volunteer opportunities
- More than 152,000
- Volunteer hours
- More than 8.3 million
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