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Doha
Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and its strategic partner Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) have signed two grant agreements to provide essential winterisation aid for 30,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in northwestern Syria and 37,500 Syrian refugees in Arsal, Lebanon.
Misfer Hamad Al Shahwani, deputy general manager for projects at QFFD, emphasised the importance of early winterisation preparedness, especially amid the difficult conditions suffered by IDPs in northwestern Syria, as well as Syrian refugees in Lebanon, which required immediate action to secure the necessary aid before the coldest months of the winter.
He added, “This vital annual aid is part of Qatar’s humanitarian response and winterisation relief, in implementation of Qatar’s $100 million pledge announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani during the fifth Brussels Conference on ‘Supporting the future of Syria and the region’”.
The first grant involves providing winterisation support for 30,000 beneficiaries in northwestern Syria, including heating supplies, blankets, hygiene kits and COVID-19 protection supplies.
The second grant will help to dig 10 drains and instal 500 concrete barricades surrounding refugee camps to prevent rainwater leakage into tents. Moreover, blankets, winter clothes, hygiene kits and COVID-19 protection supplies will be distributed to a total of 37,500 Syrian refugees in Arsal, Lebanon.
Engineer Ibrahim Abdullah Al Malki, CEO of QRCS, said the solid partnership with QFFD evolved through many instances of QFFD funding QRCS’s relief and humanitarian operations in many countries. He described the new agreements as “timely, as the too severe weather exacerbates the humanitarian conditions for hundreds or even thousands of families”.
“Apart from the projects to be executed under the agreements, QRCS is working on its 11-year-old annual campaign ‘the Warm Winter’, aimed at meeting a wide range of winterisation needs for affected and poor families in conflict and/or disaster zones,” said Eng Malki. “This year, the drive is titled ‘Home Feels Warm’. With the donations by the benevolent people of Qatar, it will satisfy the needs of tens of thousands of vulnerable people. Yet, it remains limited compared to the actual size of needs, which will be partially addressed by QFFD’s contribution.”
Doha
Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and its strategic partner Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) have signed two grant agreements to provide essential winterisation aid for 30,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in northwestern Syria and 37,500 Syrian refugees in Arsal, Lebanon.
Misfer Hamad Al Shahwani, deputy general manager for projects at QFFD, emphasised the importance of early winterisation preparedness, especially amid the difficult conditions suffered by IDPs in northwestern Syria, as well as Syrian refugees in Lebanon, which required immediate action to secure the necessary aid before the coldest months of the winter.
He added, “This vital annual aid is part of Qatar’s humanitarian response and winterisation relief, in implementation of Qatar’s $100 million pledge announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani during the fifth Brussels Conference on ‘Supporting the future of Syria and the region’”.
The first grant involves providing winterisation support for 30,000 beneficiaries in northwestern Syria, including heating supplies, blankets, hygiene kits and COVID-19 protection supplies.
The second grant will help to dig 10 drains and instal 500 concrete barricades surrounding refugee camps to prevent rainwater leakage into tents. Moreover, blankets, winter clothes, hygiene kits and COVID-19 protection supplies will be distributed to a total of 37,500 Syrian refugees in Arsal, Lebanon.
Engineer Ibrahim Abdullah Al Malki, CEO of QRCS, said the solid partnership with QFFD evolved through many instances of QFFD funding QRCS’s relief and humanitarian operations in many countries. He described the new agreements as “timely, as the too severe weather exacerbates the humanitarian conditions for hundreds or even thousands of families”.
“Apart from the projects to be executed under the agreements, QRCS is working on its 11-year-old annual campaign ‘the Warm Winter’, aimed at meeting a wide range of winterisation needs for affected and poor families in conflict and/or disaster zones,” said Eng Malki. “This year, the drive is titled ‘Home Feels Warm’. With the donations by the benevolent people of Qatar, it will satisfy the needs of tens of thousands of vulnerable people. Yet, it remains limited compared to the actual size of needs, which will be partially addressed by QFFD’s contribution.”
