DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) has implemented an urgent relief project which aimed at benefiting 600 Yemeni refugee families in Somalia and some Somali returnees from Yemen who are living in Mogadishu, Hargeisa, and Bosaso.
The project is implemented through QC’s office in Somalia and as part of its relief campaign ‘Yemen, We are With You.’
Food baskets, distributed to the beneficiaries, were sufficient for a month. Each family received 25 kg of rice, 25kg of flour, 15kg of sugar, 3 liters of cooking oil, 2.5 kg of powder milk, and 2kg of dates.
Many prominent people took part in the distribution of aids to the people, including some members of the Somali parliament, and the representatives of the Yemeni community in Somalia. They appreciated QC’s role in helping the Yemeni and Somali people.
A total of 130,000 people benefited from QC’s continuous campaign ‘Yemen, We Are with You’ since the recent Yemen crisis started and until the end of May.
Food aid included 17,300 food baskets, 80 tons of flour, and 180 tons of different types of food which were distributed to the different governorates. Also three kitchens were prepared and equipped with foodstuff to provide daily fresh meals for 1,000 persons. Regarding healthcare, the hospitals of Aden, Ma’rib, and Taiz were supplied with some equipment, 100 first-aid bags, and a large amount of medications, and medical disposables.
In addition, eight water tanks were distributed in Aden with the capacity of 1,000 liters. QC also distributed hundreds of mattresses and blankets to the displaced families there. Another project was funded to clean Aden Municipality in cooperation with its workers. When the Yemeni crisis started, QC appealed for help to provide 1,260,000 conflict-affected people with food, and medications.
After its appeal and as a first step, QC launched its campaign ‘Yemen, We Are with You’ to collect QR36,500,000 ($10,000,000) to urgently deliver these humanitarian aids to the most affected people.
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