DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ukrainian Red Crescent Society (URCS) to launch a $400,000 relief programme for victims of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Signed by Saleh bin Ali Al Mohannadi, QRCS Secretary-General, and Dr Ivan Usichenko, URCS President, the agreement will set the framework for collaboration to support internally displaced persons affected by the armed conflict in Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
QRCS will provide funding, oversee project implementation and provide technical support to the project’s planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting. URCS will plan and implement activities proposed, collecting and keeping readily accessible information and documentation pertinent to the progress of the project and the use made of the funds, and facilitate QRCS visits to the target regions to review progress and achievements. A total of 25,555 food vouchers worth $15 each will be handed over to 8,500 most-vulnerable people over three months through February. Food rations will be purchased from the local market, and every beneficiary is eligible for one voucher per month.
Al Mohannadi said, “We proceeded to help affected civilians as an active member of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, inspired by human solidarity and the seven humanitarian fundamental principles to save lives and preserve dignity of all vulnerable people everywhere.”
He said the MoU reflects QRCS’s role as a globally recognised humanitarian organisation whose emblem, vehicles and staff are protected under international laws and conventions, a legal capacity that gives it access to disaster and conflict zones. In February last year, clashes erupted in parts of Ukraine, reaching full-scale conflict in the east. The humanitarian crisis continues to deteriorate as the number of Ukrainians in need of assistance has reached five million people, according to UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ukrainian Red Crescent Society (URCS) to launch a $400,000 relief programme for victims of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Signed by Saleh bin Ali Al Mohannadi, QRCS Secretary-General, and Dr Ivan Usichenko, URCS President, the agreement will set the framework for collaboration to support internally displaced persons affected by the armed conflict in Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
QRCS will provide funding, oversee project implementation and provide technical support to the project’s planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting. URCS will plan and implement activities proposed, collecting and keeping readily accessible information and documentation pertinent to the progress of the project and the use made of the funds, and facilitate QRCS visits to the target regions to review progress and achievements. A total of 25,555 food vouchers worth $15 each will be handed over to 8,500 most-vulnerable people over three months through February. Food rations will be purchased from the local market, and every beneficiary is eligible for one voucher per month.
Al Mohannadi said, “We proceeded to help affected civilians as an active member of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, inspired by human solidarity and the seven humanitarian fundamental principles to save lives and preserve dignity of all vulnerable people everywhere.”
He said the MoU reflects QRCS’s role as a globally recognised humanitarian organisation whose emblem, vehicles and staff are protected under international laws and conventions, a legal capacity that gives it access to disaster and conflict zones. In February last year, clashes erupted in parts of Ukraine, reaching full-scale conflict in the east. The humanitarian crisis continues to deteriorate as the number of Ukrainians in need of assistance has reached five million people, according to UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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