Residents of eastern Sudan receiving aid packets from Qatar Charity officials.
DOHA: Qatar Charity has provided urgent aid to 35,000 victims of floods in Hameshkoreib, Kassala state of eastern Sudan. The floods cut off water pipelines, destroyed more than 2,000 houses, displaced people and caused shortage of food and shelters.
Kassala governor, local officials and victims thanked the Qatari philanthropists for their aid.
The relief convoy provided 2,100 food baskets, 2,100 tarpaulins, 2,100 mattresses, 2,100 blankets as well as an integrated medical clinic equipped with laboratory and pharmacy. An environmental sanitation campaign was carried out including pesticide and cleaning activities and educational lectures.
The Director of Relief Management at QC, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Kaabi, said that the urgent aid provided by Qatar Charity in Hameshkoreib was a brotherly and humanitarian gesture.
Al Kaabi said that the relief team would continue to provide food, shelter and health services to the affected people and would try to alleviate their physical and psychological burdens. Adam Jamaa, the Governor of Kassala State, commended the efforts made by Qatar in enhancing communication between the Arab nations and in providing aid and shelter.
The Minister of Urban Planning and Public Utilities, the Chairman of Higher Committee for Emergency in Kassala State, Kamal Al Deen Jaafar, also appreciated Qatar Charity efforts. It is worth mentioning that Hameshkoreib contains the largest Quran memorization institute in Sudan, which has more than 7,000 students from all over Sudan and neighbouring Arab and African countries.
