DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) signed agreements for relief projects worth over QR10m, funded by it and other supporting agencies. The projects will be implemented in Syria, especially Aleppo and its countryside, for the benefit of 346,600 people.
QC’s relief department is preparing to launch a huge winter campaign that would serve about one million beneficiaries.
The agreements were signed by Faisal Rashid Al Fahida, Executive Director, Operations, QC; and Mohammed Rashed Al Kaabi, Manager, Relief Department, Executive Management Operations, QC.
The project will be implemented this month and end in March next year. They will include health, food security, water and sanitation, shelter and non-food items and will benefit different segments, especially the most vulnerable groups such as women, children and the elderly.
In the health field, the ‘Referral systems and urgent ambulatory services rehabilitation project’ aims at providing kits, life-saving medicines and mobile ambulatory clinics for field intervention.
In food security field, 4,500 food baskets will be distributed for three months (total 13,500) to 81,000 people. In water and sanitation field, six water tanks will be bought for the benefit of 100,000 Syrian citizens living in harsh and unhealthy conditions.
QC will also distribute 2,600 packages of non-food items and kitchen equipment to 2,600 newly displaced families.
The Peninsula
