In coordination with Sobol institute, Qatar Charity has carried out a relief project for the famine-affected people in Yemen in order to continue its relief efforts in Yemen. It included the distribution of food baskets to 2,500 families in Hajjah Governorate, which suffers from extreme poverty resulted from the crisis in Yemen. The aid will provide food for 18,000 people for a month.
Running the "Emergency Relief" project in Yemen, QC aims at contribute to relieving famine in the targeted area, whose population suffers from high poverty, rising food prices, fostering a spirit of social solidarity and securing food needs for beneficiaries.
"The situation in Yemen is difficult and needs great efforts, but there are some areas that are on the edge of famine, if they still have not fallen victim of it. Abs District, Hajjah Governorate, is one of those areas whose population benefited from the emergency relief project, where Qatar distributed 2,500 food baskets. Each basket, which is enough for each family for a full month, consisted of 25kg of flour, 10kg of sugar, 10kg of rice, oil food, and one carton of milk, and one carton of beans, in addition to dates," said Mohamed al-Kaabi, QC's Relief Department Director.
He explained that QC has plans to expand the scope of the relief work to other affected areas, and will continue to support such projects, taking into account the humanitarian situation in Yemen, and giving it more attention.
Al Kaabi expressed sincere thanks to Qatari and expatriate donors for their great humanitarian efforts aimed at brotherly Yemen, which depict the real image of the generous Qatari society. He said that helping the brothers in Yemen concerning offering a shelter, food, medicine and other basic needs embodies Qatar’s institutions’ feeling of religious and moral duty towards all those in need in the world.
