ShareKUWAIT: Martyrs of Kuwait are the purest certainty and the most eloquent indication of the meanings of giving and sacrifice for the sake of the country and its future. The martyr's office in the Amiri Diwan puts such sentiments at the core of its mission and approach to such loyalty by martyrs who have given everything to the homeland. In an interview, the Martyrs' Office Director General Salah Al-Awfan made the remarks to KUNA. He added, the Martyr's Office works tirelessly to take care of Kuwaiti martyrs' children at all levels and their families, to those who gave the most precious thing they possess deserve such honor.
Therefore, we can only honor their memory, immortalize their sacrifices and care for their children and their families, Al-Awfan added. The Martyrs' Office chief undertook this lofty mission, especially since it was established by the late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah through an Amiri Decree No 38 of 1991, Al-Awfan said. The office was created to take care of martyrs after their participation in the Arab wars and Kuwaiti martyrs who defended the land during the Iraqi invasion. Al-Awfan added that it is a cause for pride and honor that such office was also reshaped during the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who took upon himself the task of carrying this mission out of respect for martyrs and the value of citizenship.
In August 2011, the late Amir Sheikh Sabah issued Decree No 325 amending some provisions of Decree No 38 of 1991 regarding honoring the martyrs and to care of their families, which receives care and attention as well from HH Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Al-Awfan said the office's mission is also to perpetuate the martyr's heroism and invest it in instilling, consolidating the values and concepts of good citizenship, translating them into programs and activities that go in this direction, and disseminating appropriate programs to communicate with the martyr's families and follow up on their conditions.
Al-Awfan said that the objectives of the office are as well to achieve prominent leadership position at the regional level in the humanitarian work, and to achieve the highest levels of rapid action in all operations of the office, including excellence in performance, while raising the efficiency of inter-communication inside and outside the office with workers and beneficiaries, in addition to obtaining the administrative, technical, regional and international qualifications that are achieved for the office. He explained that the educational department of the office is represented in helping the martyrs' children in school and through specialists in the educational field, providing the necessary assistance to students, helping them solve their problems, conducting school visits and providing assistance to students.
Regarding housing and legal care, Al-Awfan stated that the office was able, in cooperation with the Public Authority for Housing Welfare and the Credit Bank, to secure and meet many requests of families to obtain a private residence. Regarding healthcare, Al-Awfan referred to the full cooperation and coordination between the Martyr's Office and all service branches of the Ministry of Health to ensure the provision of required health care, whether inside or outside the country are taken care of. - KUNA
