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Tribune News Network
Doha
QATAR Charity (QC) has distributed more than 3,000 food baskets to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and Nepal through its offices in the countries as part of the Charity's continuous relief efforts to ease the suffering of the refugees.
In Bangladesh during the Holy Month of Ramadan, 3,000 food baskets were provided by QC's office to as many refugee families living in camps.
Besides, QC's office in Kathmandu, Nepal, distributed food baskets to 130 Rohingya refugee families living in three small camps.
The food baskets included food items such as rice, sugar, oil, lentils, onions, potatoes, salt and milk powder, as well as coal and medicines.
Rohingya refugees rely mainly on aid provided by QC and other humanitarian organisations for their sustenance.
Last month, the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), QC and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) signed a tripartite cooperation agreement in Doha, Qatar, in which QFFD and QC pledged to provide UNHCR with a total of $8.8 million to offer basic services to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
This pledge was made to provide essential life-saving assistance with the aim to reduce the risk Rohingya refugees face in Bangladesh during the rainy and cyclone season, and beyond.
Moreover, QC allocated $500,000 last year to provide shelter to the displaced and internally displaced persons in Myanmar as part of a joint agreement with UNHCR in response to humanitarian crises.
It was in 2012 that QC began to provide humanitarian assistance to internally-displaced Rohingya people in Myanmar in the areas of health, food, non-food, housing, water and sanitation.
The amount of QC's assistance provided through its ongoing relief campaign for the internally-displaced Rohingya in Myanmar and refugees in Bangladesh, in cooperation with the UNHCR and other international organisations or through its field office in Bangladesh, reached about $6mn, benefiting more than 500,000 people.
