The state-owned Qatar Fund for Development (QFD) has announced the allocation of $5m to provide urgent humanitarian assistance through Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) for thousands of Libyan families returning to Sirte, Libya, amid severe conditions across the board.
The contribution will be used to secure the basic needs in relief and health care for six months, as well as water and sanitation for one year. This life-saving aid would help an estimated 79,400 people of the city.
Since the beginning of the recent displacement wave in May 2016, the United Nations has kept in contact with local authorities, civil society organisations, and the Global Health Cluster. As an active humanitarian organisation, QRCS has on-the-ground presence through its office in Tripoli.
The pressing humanitarian needs were identified based on the collected information. To ensure closer coordination, QRCS has agreed with the UN Libya Operation to integrate its intervention into the UN Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for 2016-2017.
As the crisis erupted, $500,000 had been contributed to the UN's humanitarian appeal on September 19, seeking to raise $10.7m for covering the needs of people of Sirte over four months (September through December, 2016), with a special focus on medical supplies for seven health centres and Ibn Sina Central Hospital.
Over the coming period, $1,325,000 of QFD's contribution would cover medical consumables and equipment, staffing, and operation costs to enable the medical facilities to offer medical services.
Another $650,000 would go to medical convoys to rural areas and underserved areas. $1,061,193 worth of shelter solutions would be provided for homeless families, while drinking water and hygiene kits would be secured for 90,000 people at a cost of $1,519,750.
