[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 81 (Monday, May 23, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     IN HONOR OF THE HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS OF KIMSE YOK MU (``KYM'')

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                           HON. PAUL A. GOSAR

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 23, 2016

  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge Kimse Yok Mu 
(``KYM''). The KYM is a Turkish-based international, non-profit 
humanitarian aid and development organization that provides 
humanitarian relief in more than 113 countries. It has enlisted the 
help of over 180,000 volunteers assisting its operations around the 
globe.
  The KYM has achieved United Nations ECOSOC Special Consultative 
Status as an international charity. It has been recognized for 
providing aid in the form of social services, medical services, 
housing, disaster relief, and emergency response. It monitors disasters 
through a sophisticated operations center and is able to quickly 
respond to natural disasters. Much like the American Red Cross, it 
provides timely response and recovery efforts as well as disaster 
relief throughout much of the world.
  It has been reported that several million people have been helped by 
KYM. Their efforts include aid in the form of 1,622 fresh water 
drinking wells in 17 African countries which provide clean water to 
more than a million people. The KYM has helped orphans worldwide and 
renovated numerous orphanages to provide better living conditions.
  The world is a better place because of such humanitarian efforts, and 
on behalf of the people of Arizona and the United States we thank them.

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