20/12/2025
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20/12/2025
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KUWAIT CITY, Dec 20: On 19 December 2025, as part of the celebration of the 54th anniversary of Victory Day of Bangladesh and the ‘Youth Festival-2025’, a blood donation programme was organized at Kuwait Central Blood Bank, Jabriya by the joint initiative of the Bangladesh Embassy, Kuwait and UN HABITAT, Kuwait. His Excellency Ambassador of Bangladesh to Kuwait, Major General Syed Tareq Hussain, OSP, awc, psc, and the Head of UN HABITAT, Kuwait, Dr. Amira Al Hassan jointly declared the auspicious inauguration of the blood donation programme. The ambassadors of Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar attended this inauguration of blood donation campaign. Moreover, Bangladeshi expatriate donors living in Kuwait, journalists from various print and electronic media, and embassy officials were also present at the blood donation programme.
In his welcome remarks, H.E the Ambassador Major General Syed Tareq Hussain, OSP, awc, psc recollected that on 16 December 1971, Bangladesh emerged as an independent nation through the supreme sacrifices of millions of our martyrs and the indomitable courage of our freedom fighters. Victory Day is not only a remembrance of our glorious past; it is the reaffirmation of our enduring values-freedom, human dignity, solidarity and compassion. This blood donation campaign is a living expression of those values of our victory day.
In his remarks, The Ambassador of Bangladesh also mentioned that the blood donation campaign is also organized as part of the celebration of Bangladesh Youth Festival-2025 with the major participation of Bangladeshi youth expatriates living in Kuwait since the young people of Bangladesh are the driving force of the future of Bangladesh and abroad. Therefore, the 'Youth Festival-2025' is celebrated with great enthusiasm through this blood donation programme to encourage the young generation of expatriate Bangladeshis in Kuwait to get involved in various sports, social and cultural activities.
H.E the Ambassador of Bangladesh thanked UN-HABITAT and Ms. Amira Al Hasan for this initiative. H.E. the Ambassador of Bangladesh also expressed his sincere appreciation to the Government of the State of Kuwait and the authorities of the Central Blood Bank of Kuwait for their generous cooperation and support.
In her speech, Dr. Amira Al-Hassan, Head of the UN-Habitat Mission to the State of Kuwait stated that UN-Habitat supports and encourages such humanitarian and community initiatives, given their pivotal role in strengthening social cohesion and consolidating a culture of community participation. She also explained that the campaign falls within the mandate of UN-Habitat's work towards resilient and sustainable cities, which is organized under the Global Initiative for resilient Cities. She emphasized that such initiatives contribute to strengthening communities' ability to address health and social challenges. She also thanked the Embassy of Bangladesh and Bangladeshi expatriates living in Kuwait for this noble initiative of blood donation.
The blood donation programme was initiated by the blood donation by the Ambassador of Cambodia and about 300 Bangladeshi expatriates donated blood throughout the day.
