• A huge part of this food project was mainly dedicated to the orphans’ families and widows.

9,000 Syrian families benefited from QC’s relief project under its campaign ‘Sanad Ahl Al Sham’ (Support the People of Levant) in a number of governorates inside Syria.

QC continues to show its support to the needy everywhere. This time, QC targeted the people inside Syria, mainly the displaced. Its main purpose was to provide them with food. The places that benefited from the project are: Aleppo and its countryside, Idlib and its countryside, Hama and its countryside, Homs, Damascus and the camps of the displaced.

Alleviate the Sufferings

As part of the relief project, QC distributed food baskets to the displaced families in Syria. Each basket had rice, sugar, oil, vermicelli, tea and other basic foodstuffs.

Aleppo and its countryside, Hama’s countryside, Idlib and its countryside, Lattakia’s countryside received 7,000 food parcels. As for Homs’ and Damascus’ countrysides, they received 2,000 parcels. A good share was given specially to the orphans’ families and widows. 

Through this project, QC aims at alleviating the sufferings of the Syrians inside Syria. Food is the most important component in life which is why QC focused on the orphans and widows; those who lost their breadwinners.

Good Living

Mr. Mohammed Al Sulaiti, the Campaign’s Supervisor, said, “QC is committed to offer its help to its brothers and sisters in Syria. It is an essential part of its message. We, at QC, are trying our best to alleviate their sufferings and to help them in every way possible to ensure them a good living. QC prioritized the projects inside Syria and dedicated 67% of its efforts to the conflict-affected Syrians. Of course, QC with the help of its partners will exert more efforts to meet the Syrians’ needs.”

Food Security

Next to the food project, QC implemented an agricultural project for the benefit of the people of Aleppo countryside, Idlib countryside and Al Sahil in Syria. QC invested 50 hectares to the cultivation of wheat and potato in cooperation with Beyaz Eller (White Hands Organization) at a cost of 900,000QR.

Through this project, 50 hectares of enhanced wheat and potato were cultivated. Plus, a contract was signed with the farmers: QC would rent the land from the farmer and sign a cultivation contract with him; or sign a contract with another farmer who has experience in the field; furthermore, QC would secure irrigation water by using rented wells from the same land.

This project was able to contribute in achieving self-sufficiency for the conflict-affected inside Syria. The project provided the basic foodstuffs at good prices and with good quantities specially that the crisis has been going for long. It provided job opportunities for a number of workers in the field of agriculture so as to satisfy their daily needs and their families’. The project also aimed at making use of the landscapes in a good and useful way.

Different fields

Ever since the Syrian crisis started and until today, QC has implemented different projects for the Syrian people. The projects included different fields: education, health, food and shelter. 67% of these aids were sent to Inside Syria at a cost of more than 213,000,000QR; the rest was distributed to the Syrian refugees in the neighboring countries.

The total amount of aids QC presented to the Syrian people since the crisis first started and until the end of last September is 322,000,000QR from which 6,083,517 benefited. 

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• QC’s office in Jakarta intervened to help the Rohingya families who were washed up on the beach of Indonesia while trying to escape from their countries.
• QC offered the Rohingya refugees food, clothes, water and school bags for children. It also dug for them 3 wells and offered their children some school bags.

QC helped save the Rohingya refugees who fled their countries because of the oppression they suffered from there. 1,090 refugees benefited from QC’s project.

Hundreds of the Muslim Rohingya families were washed to the coast of Aceh in Indonesia. They were disoriented for having spent few days in the sea without food, mattresses or covers.

Providing Water

The second QC saw what was happening to the families in Indonesia, it distributed to them dry and cooked foodstuffs, clothes, cleaning tools (such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste and toothbrush), and school bags for around 200 children.

QC dug 3 wells to provide the refugees with drinking water through cisterns but with limited quantities.

Children’s Sufferings

1,090 Rohingya refugees in Indonesia benefited from QC’s relief project. The aids covered the refugees living in the shelters of the Northern Aceh, Eastern Aceh, Nijsa, and Aceh Tamiang. The refugees were provided with rice, sugar, oil, vermicelli, tea, dates and other basic foodstuffs. The project was implemented at a cost of 200,000QR

Through this project, QC hopes to alleviate the refugees’ sufferings and help the children feel safe once again. They all have been through a difficult time and difficult circumstances.

QC’s Message

Mr. Karam Zeinhom, QC’s Office Director in Indonesia, said that QC has always proven itself committed to helping refugees and needy people. “Aiding those people is a priority to us. We will do our best to make sure they are saved and in good conditions. We cooperate with different governments, organizations and countries to help all the people who are conflict-affected or are suffering from natural disasters. This is our message at QC: to help the needy. Assisting the refugees in Indonesia is only a part of what we aim at. We’ll never stop offering our hand and support,” said he.

Continuous Giving

QC’s office in Indonesia was opened more than ten years ago after Tsunami hit the region in 2004. It implements relief and developmental projects there. During the first half of 2015, the office was able to implement more than 258 projects in the fields of health, water, education, orphans sponsorship, shelter and mosques at a cost of more than 6,500,000QR. Health projects were implemented at a cost of 55,000QR, shelter projects for the needy at a cost of 84,000QR, 218 wells and toilets at a cost of 958,000QR, 36 built mosques at a cost of more than 3,000,000QR, a school at a cost of 350,000, and or 2,500 orphans sponsorship at a cost of 1,500,000QR for the first quarter of the year. 

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• QC the first charity society to reach the people affected by the Chapala Cyclone in Socotra and other Yemeni cities. It was able to relieve 3,000 affected.

The first charity society that reaches the cities where the cyclone hit, QC was able to implement an urgent relief campaign from which 3,000 people benefited. QC’s field team is currently assessing the situation and evaluating the damages as to prepare for another relief campaign soon. The coming campaign is meant to offer aids and to rebuild what’s been destroyed.

Since last Saturday, the campaign’s been in effect. 500 families which were affected by the cyclone in Socotra, Hadramaut, Al Mahrah, and Shabwah received aids.

QC has distributed food baskets to all the families which were affected. Each basket had supplies sufficient for a month such as flour, rice, sugar, cooking oil, baby milk, legumes, and others. In addition, the families received 4 blankets,4 mattresses, 4 pieces of clothes for children and kitchen tools.

As QC’s team is currently evaluating the damages the cyclone left, QC’s other teams are offering aids to the affected by Chapala Cyclone in the island. QC is working in cooperation with local organizations as a first step to launch an urgent relief campaign that includes distributing relief supplies and reconstruction plans.

Engineer Rashid bin Fatis Al Mari, QC’s Director of Relief, said that QC’s immediate response reflects its commitment to its humanitarian duty towards the Yemeni people. Unfortunately, they are suffering from the aftermath of war and natural disasters. “QC was the first charity society to respond and offer aids to the Chapala-cyclone affected. It has a well-prepared team that is trained to respond to disasters,” said he and expressed his hope that such aids would help alleviate the sufferings of the affected.

According to some reports, 15 people died; two of which were women and other two were children; and 2 went missing in the Megh Cyclone which hit Socotra. In addition, 500 houses were entirely destroyed while 3,000 houses were partially damaged because of the Chapala and Megh Cyclones which hit the island in less than two weeks. The statistics show that 10,000 people are currently displaced because of them. The cyclones were also responsible for uprooting hundreds of palm trees and the death of thousands of cattle, the loss of hundreds of fishing boats and the destruction of electricity columns and communication lines.

Furthermore, 840,000 people benefited from QC’s aids set aside for Yemen during 2015 because of the ongoing crisis there. The aids were distributed at a cost of 21,500,000 QR. They included foodstuffs, homes, shelters, blankets, cleaning tools, health projects, ambulances, medical supplies, and education projects.

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