QRCS provides food for 234,000 fasting people during Ramadan

SINCE the beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadan 1445 AH, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has been working to implement the Ramadan iftar project in 18 countries, with diverse food parcels containing local staples distributed to more than 234,000 beneficiaries throughout Ramadan.

With the participation of HE Abdulaziz Mohamed Al Sahli, Qatari Chargé d’Affaires in Albania, and in cooperation with the Albanian Red Cross, QRCS distributed food parcels to 500 vulnerable families or 2,000 people, at a total cost of $20,000.

In Lebanon, preparations are in progress by QRCS’s personnel to start distributing 2,668 food parcels to poor families, in order to ensure their food security for one month.

Qatar’s Ambassador to Somalia HE Dr Abdullah bin Salem Al Nuaimi launched the distribution of food parcels, each containing 66.5 kg of food items such as flour, rice, sugar, infant formula, vegetable oil and dates.

At a total cost of $360,000, the project is targeting 3,911 families or 27,377 people at Kismayo camps in Jubaland and remote camps of Banadir.

As a first batch, 800 food parcels have been distributed to 5,600 beneficiaries at a remote camp in Kismayo. In total, 2,000 and 1,911 food parcels will be distributed to 14,000 and 13,377 beneficiaries in Jubaland and Banadir respectively.

In Afghanistan, QRCS personnel completed phase 1 of Ramadan Iftar project with 550 food parcels distributed to displaced and returnee families in two locations of Nangarhar. Phase 2 will immediately begin to distribute 550 food parcels in two other locations of Kandahar.

Each parcel contains 92 kg of food items such as flour, rice, vegetable oil, sugar, beans, dates, tea and salt. The $150,000 project is implemented in partnership with the Afghan Educational and Aid Organization and the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS).

QRCS’s office in Iraq initiated Ramadan Iftar project in Iraqi Kurdistan, in cooperation with the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and Barzani Charity Foundation (BCF).

They have distributed 1,775 food parcels out of 3,000 food parcels to be distributed to 15,000 displaced Iraqis and Syrian refugees at Hassan Sham and Khazer camps in Mosul.

Each parcel contains 22.5 kg of basic foodstuffs, such as rice, sugar, bulgur, lentils, tomato paste, salt, vegetable oil and dates.

QRCS’s office in Yemen initiated Ramadan Iftar project for the benefit of 42,000 people in Lahij, Abyan, Taiz, Aden and Sana’a. At a total cost of $450,000, the project is aimed at alleviating the suffering of the poorest families affected by the deteriorating humanitarian conditions.

To that end, there will be distributed 6,000 one-month food parcels containing flour, sugar, rice, dates, canned beans, vegetable oil and salt.

The project was inaugurated in partnership with the Yemeni Red Crescent Society (YRCS) in Lahij, where 1,000 food parcels were distributed at remote and inaccessible villages of Al-Madaribah Wa AlAarah district.

In cooperation with Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), QRCS’s mission in Bangladesh is preparing to implement Ramadan Iftar project, which involves distributing 12,430 food parcels, as follows: 6,500 food parcels for poor refugee families at camps, and 5,930 food parcels for poor local families in different parts of the country.

In Djibouti, Mohamed Ali Al Darhim from Qatar’s Embassy in Djibouti participated in the distribution of food parcels to 205 poor and drought-affected families Balbala and Chekeiti 2, in cooperation with the Djibouti Red Crescent.

Donations to Ramadan Iftar projects can be made via QRCS website (www.qrcs.qa), donor service (66666364), home donation collection (33998898), or bank transfer.