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Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and Qatar Charity (QC) have begun relief and shelter interventions in the flooded areas of the El Manaqil district in Sudan’s Al Jazirah state. The affected people were given immediate food and shelter assistance in the hard-to-reach areas of the El Manaqil district, where dozens of villages were inundated by rain and flood waters, and thousands of homes were destroyed.Qatar’s ambassador to Sudan HE Abdul Rahman bin Ali Al-Kubaisi, led Qatar Charity field teams to provide aid on the ground. He flew into areas completely cut off by water to assess the damage and assist those affected. The ambassador led the first aid convoy, which included 500 tents and 50 tons of food, and other aid shipments for the affected are expected to arrive in the coming days.According to Youssef Al Mulla, QFFD’s Humanitarian Aid Department representative, QFFD has been providing necessary relief aid in many crisis-hit areas around the world and will always be ready to provide urgent humanitarian aid to the affected communities. He stated that QFFD, in collaboration with its strategic partner Qatar Charity, will continue to provide aid to the needy in order to mitigate the damage.Engineer Hassan Ali Odeh, Director of Qatar Charity’s Sudan office, stated that they strive to maintain a supply chain of humanitarian aid that will be expanded to include a greater number of shelter, food, and health assistance.Ismail Al-Aqib, the governor of Al Jazeera, thanked Qatar Charity, QFFD, for the urgent humanitarian intervention. Furthermore, many beneficiaries thanked them for their prompt response.It is worth noting that two Qatari planes carrying urgent relief aid arrived at Khartoum International Airport in support of Sudan’s relief efforts following the floods and torrential rains that swept across the country. Qatar Charity and Qatar Red Crescent, in collaboration with QFFD, distributed relief aid to the recipients.According to the Sudanese Civil Defense, 83 people died as a result of the floods and rains, and more than 40,000 homes were destroyed.