BEIRUT: Kuwait Red Crescent is handing out food packages to 75,000 people in Lebanon, including nationals along with Syrian and Palestinian refugees, during the holy month of Ramadan, an official said yesterday.

The distribution of the parcels, which contain "essential food rations," is being carried out cooperatively by KRCS and Lebanese Red Cross volunteers throughout the country, head of the organization's Lebanon mission Musaed Al-Enezi said.

"KRCS intends to aid people in need in facing tough economic and living conditions, particularly during the month of good deeds and mercy," he added. - KUNA