Doha: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has provided relief projects worth $5.5m for internally displaced people (IDP) in Iraq and the Syrian refugees sheltering there for over two years.
A fundraiser was also launched to collect QR7.3m to help 40,000 needy people in Iraq.
A large number of people were displaced in Iraqi due to unrest. QRCS coordinated with its local partners to assess needs across the board, as there were severe shortages of drinking water and sanitation services, QRCS said in a statement.
QRCS and Unicef worked together to provide drinking water and makeshift toilets and created hygienic environment in and outside the camps in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah where many families were sheltering in schools, mosques and public parks.
In Mosul, where the unrest affected thousands of people, by the beginning of Ramadan 2014, QRCS distributed 20kg food baskets to 1,980 families in cooperation with Social Solidarity Charitable Society, at a cost of $73,000. During Ramadan 2015, food baskets worth $87,000 were distributed to the poorest Syrian and Iraqi families in Al Anbar, Baghdad, Saladin, Kirkuk and Kurdistan.
Under the Warm Winter Programme 2014-2015, QRCS delivered 219,178 blankets to 5,088 families (25,440 people) in Mosul, Al Anbar, Amiriyah Fallujah, Baghdad and Ramadi outskirts, Diyala, Halabja, and the desert area of Al Rutbah, and Al Anbar.
During January-March this year, QRCS distributed blankets worth $500,000 to 4,575 families (27,450 people) in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Mosul, Al Anbar and Baghdad in partnership with IRCS, Alamal Almanshood Organisation and Social Solidarity Charitable Society.
Last June, QRCS initiated a project to lay a drinking water network at Ashti IDP Camp to serve more than 7,000 Iraqi families. The project worth $1,775,000 is expected to be completed this June. In 2013, QRCS established a representative office in Erbil, northern Iraq, which is registered with the Bureau of Non-governmental Organisations of the Kurdistan government.The Peninsula
