DOHA: To provide urgent humanitarian aid for internally displaced people (IDP) battling for survival in Iraq, Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Service (RAF) will launch a fundraiser on Holy Quran Radio by 8pm tonight.
The programme ‘Abwab Al Rahma’ (Doors for Mercy) will be organized by RAF in collaboration with the Radio for the Holy Quran to collect donations for the campaign.
The drive aims to provide basic needs like foodstuffs, health services, tents, portable homes and drinking water to the displaced people.
There are more than 10,000 displaced people in Irbil, Kirkuk, Al Anbar, Al Falluja, Al Ramadi, Amriyat Al Falluja, Salahuddin and Kurdistan region, said a release.
A team from the ambassadors of mercy section at RAF visited recently to Kurdistan region and other several areas housing the displaced people to get first hand information about their suffering.
According to the report of the team, the displaced people are leading a very tough life due to lack of food items, proper shelters and soaring temperatures. So, the health conditions of displaced people are deteriorating. Diseases have been spread. Many people including children died due to lack of drinking water and malnutrition.
Responding the growing needs of displaced people in Iraq, RAF launched a number of relief campaigns. The relief projects section of RAF plans to provide 50,000 food baskets to the camps of displaced people in Ibril, Kirkum and other areas. The baskets will comprise basic foodstuffs including rice, sugar, tea, milk, lentils, edible oil among other. A basket will be enough for a family comprising with seven to eight members for a moth.
As per the plan, 3,000 tents will be distributed to Al Anbar, Amriyat Al Falluja and Salahuddin. Some 500 portable homes will be also dispatched to Al Anbar and Kurdistan. Portable clinics will be also set up inside the camps to provide health services to displaced people.
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