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Tribune News NetworkDohaQatar Charity (QC) has launched an urgent food aid convoy in Sudan to provide relief to the displaced from the conflict in the Blue Nile State, which has resulted in hundreds of deaths and injuries, as well as thousands of people being displaced.At the inauguration of the convoy at Qatar Charity headquarters in Khartoum, Sudanese Minister of Social Development Ahmed Adam Bakheet praised the efforts of Qatar and Qatar Charity, and hailed their support for voluntary return projects in Sudan and their recent relief intervention in the Blue Nile.He said the support is a sign of the deep-rooted relations between the two peoples in Qatar and Sudan.Bakhit said, “We hope that our country will recover from these disasters and head together towards development and human well-being.”For his part, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid in Sudan Najm al-Din Musa said, “We thank Qatar Charity for its great effort by launching a convoy of urgent intervention to address the complex humanitarian situation in the state of Blue Nile.” He added that Qatar Charity is a large and effective humanitarian partner that carries out huge projects in most of Sudan’s states.Officer in charge at the Embassy of Qatar in Sudan Consul Rashid Al Hamidi Almagareh said that the relief intervention from Qatar Charity for the displaced in the Blue Nile State comes as a continuation and extension of the efforts of Qatar and Qatar Charity to support the people in Sudan through many Qatari institutions. He added, “We take this opportunity to emphasise the depth and rootedness of relations between Qatar and Sudan. These relations have been developed and are still growing, thanks to the keenness and interest of the leaderships of the two countries to support and strengthen the cooperation in all fields.”Engineer Hassan Odeh, director of the Sudan Office, noted that the urgent humanitarian intervention to provide relief to the displaced in the Blue Nile State as part of a project to help poor families is prompted by the humanitarian duty and in line with what Qatar Charity has been doing since the beginning of its work in Sudan more than 27 years ago. Qatar Charity has always been on time to extend a helping hand in all crises and natural disasters.Odeh explained that the inauguration of the relief convoy for the affected is part of a project aimed at distributing 7,500 food baskets or about 345 tonnes of food, in coordination with the relevant actors and authorities, led by the Humanitarian Aid Commission and the Ministry of Social Development, in addition to Save the Children. Odeh added that the first relief convoy in Blue Nile State will benefit 12,000 beneficiaries, as it will provide 2,000 families affected by the recent events 92 tonnes of aid, distributed in 2,000 food baskets, each basket weighing 46 kilograms.
