Under “Save Aleppo” campaign, three Qatari charity organisations have singed five memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a number of United Nations’ organisations to implement humanitarian projects at a cost of $8.5m to rescue Syrian people battling for survival due to war here yesterday.
Each agreement is worth about $2m except one that was signed with OCHA as it costs half million dollars. The MoU was signed by Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF), Qatar Charity and Eid Charity with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, World Food Programme and World Health Organization (WHO).
The agreements were signed by Yusuf Ahmad Al Kuwari from Qatar Charity as a reprehensive of the executive committee for “Save Aleppo” campaign and the officials from the organizations of United Nations at the conclusion ceremony of 3rd meeting for coordination between Qatari humanitarian organizations and organizations of United Nations under the campaign.
The executive committee representing the all three Qatari charity organizations will finance the humanitarian projects to be implemented inside Syria. “A slew of agreements for implementing humanitarian projects worth $8.5m have been signed,” said Dr Ahmad Mohamad Al Muraikhi, Envoy of Secretary General of United Nations for humanitarian affairs. “The cooperation agreement will help achieve the targeted humanitarian goals that needed to be utilized to enhance cooperation and exchanging information and sharing experiences by holding regular meetings to follow up the humanitarian projects to be implemented under the “Save Aleppo” campaign,” he added.
