The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) is Saudi Arabia’s main international aid agency. It was established in May 2015 under royal directives to bring the Kingdom’s overseas relief work under one organisation.
KSrelief by the numbers
- 4,457 projects in 113 countries since 2015, with funding of more than US$8 billion (Arab News, September 2026).
- In 2025 alone, its statistics list 830 completed and ongoing projects worth about US$989 million, with health the largest sector.
- Yemen and Syria were the largest single-country recipients in 2025.
The conjoined twins programme
One of KSrelief’s best-known efforts is the Saudi Program for Conjoined Twins. Saudi surgeons have reviewed 158 cases and carried out 72 separation operations on twins from 28 countries across five continents. In 2024 the United Nations designated 24 November as World Conjoined Twins Day.
Volunteer doctors abroad
Through the Saudi Portal for External Volunteering, 84,388 volunteers have taken part in 1,446 missions in 59 countries, performing more than 273,000 surgical procedures and reaching more than 2.85 million beneficiaries.
Sahem: public donations
KSrelief’s Sahem platform lets the public donate to its relief projects. It has collected more than SR1.7 billion from over 9.8 million donors.
Saudi Arabia’s giving at home runs largely through a separate platform, Ehsan.
A note for readers in Pakistan and South Asia
KSrelief works with governments, the UN and registered NGOs. It does not hand out cash or marriage grants to individuals who fill out online forms, and it never charges a fee. Posts claiming otherwise are fake.
Sources
KSrelief official statistics (ksrelief.org); Arab News (6 September 2026).
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