Doha: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched a QR10m fundraising campaign under the title #DevotionToGaza, with the aim of implementing a series of early recovery projects for 57,896 people affected by the recent war on Gaza.
Ali bin Hassan Al Hammadi, Secretary-General of QRCS, said, “The tragedy of Gaza persists, with recurrent wars and 15 years of blockade. Once again, Israeli occupation forces have just attacked Gaza, causing the Palestinians there even more pain and suffering. Incessant airstrikes destroyed people’s homes and rendered them and their wives and children feeling unsafe.”
“Listening to their imploring voices, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) extends a humanitarian hand from the people of Qatar to relieve their wounds and support them amid such difficult conditions. A QR10m emergency humanitarian response is launched to secure food, health, water and sanitation, and shelter aid, with a view to removing the impact of war, fostering Gaza’s resilience, and enabling recovery from this ordeal,” he added.
According to the humanitarian intervention plan, many life-saving projects will be implemented such as supporting hospitals and health centers with medicines, medical devices, and consumables to treat 8,571 patients and injured people, providing paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) with medical beds and equipment for the benefit of 250 ill children and medical equipment and endoscopes for three local hospitals to ensure high-quality services for 8,000 patients and injured people.
The intervention plan also includes providing support and rehabilitation services, including physical aids and medical consumables, for 475 children and older persons with disabilities, digging water wells and constructing water supply systems to provide drinking water for 14,000 people, distributing one-month food parcels of local staples to 5,000 affected families, or 25,000 people.
It will also includes restoring and rehabilitating damaged homes and providing solar energy for 150 poor families, or 750 people and providing one-time cash assistance and training for 850 poor beneficiaries to secure their livelihoods.
To execute these projects, QRCS will be working with Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS). Since the opening of its representation office in Gaza in 2008, QRCS has carried out more than 90 projects in health care, rehabilitation of hospitals and health centres, training of medical professionals, and distribution of emergency relief aid, with a total value of more than $110m.
