QC lays foundation stone for $7.5 mn Alamal City for the displaced in Syria

QATAR Charity, in partnership with the Turkish IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, has laid the foundation stone for the Alamal City, which is considered to be one of the largest housing projects for internally displaced Syrians, in Suran in the northern countryside of Aleppo.

The 7,500,000 city will have 1,400 homes, in addition to the basic educational and service facilities and infrastructure projects for the benefit of 8,800 people.

The foundation stone laying ceremony began with signing a memorandum of understanding MoU between Qatar Charity and IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation to build the residential city.

The MoU was signed by Youssef Al Kuwari, CEO of Qatar Charity, and B lent Y ld r m, CEO of IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation in Kilis, a Turkish city near the border with Syria, in the presence of the Governor of Kilis Recep Soyt rk, a representative of the Disaster and Emergency Management

residency AFAD and a representative of the Turkish Red Crescent.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Kuwari expressed his happiness at signing the pact and participating in laying the foundation stone for the Alamal City, thanking the relevant Turkish bodies and the governor of Kilis for providing all facilities to implement the project and for their continued support for Qatar Charity’s projects.

“This multi-service city is a gift from the Qatari people to our Syrian brothers, and was designed guided by the 2021 Syria Humanitarian Response lan to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development goals,” said Kuwari.

He adde, “We at Qatar Charity are continuing, with the efforts of donors and your cooperation, implementing qualitative and sustainable projects that will have a significant impact on the reconstruction and resettlement efforts for the displaced and refugees in the fields of urgent relief, food security, health, education, sustainable housing.”

“Qatar and the Qatari people were the first to stand by us in addressing this humanitarian crisis,” said Y ld r m, thanking Qatar Charity for cooperation with IHH in implementing various projects like establishing camps, medical centres and schools, and sponsoring orphans and families.

On his part, the governor of Kilis thanked Qatar Charity for playing a major role in helping the Syrian people, implementing major projects, providing services and meeting the basic needs of the Syrian displaced and refugees.

In his speech at the ceremony, Khaled Al Yafei, director of rojects Department at Qatar Charity, emphasised the importance of this large housing project, saying that it was named the Alamal City’ which means the city of hope’, with the aim of restoring hope to its beneficiaries. He also noted the suffering of people in northern Syrian from the prolonged displacement and the increase in the need for shelter in 2021 compared to 2020, as nearly 4.7 million people require shelter and sustainable housing.

After the MoU signing ceremony, the foundation stone for the Alamal City was laid in Suran in the northern countryside of Aleppo in the presence of the CEO of IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation. Besides, the foundation stones were also laid for the city’s many facilities like a mosque and schools, in addition to drilling and operating the well of drinking water for the city.