Qatar Charity granted membership of advisory council of UNHCR’s shelter cluster in Yemen

Qatar Charity’s (QC) office in Yemen has been selected as a member of the Advisory Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s shelter cluster. Qatar Charity will also participate in a forum for international donors dedicated to donating to shelter needs in Yemen this month in Jordan.

The advisory council consists of six members, including Qatar Charity, the Norwegian Relief Council and the Danish Relief Council, in addition to three local associations.

The role of this council is to provide the cluster with advice and opinions on its activities and work strategy, and to review its reports, in addition to the key role, which is working as implementing partners and supporting the cluster through funding from different donors for its activities.

Qatar Charity’s office in Yemen is a member of UN’s shelter, food security, education, water and sanitation clusters, which organize and coordinate the activities of UN humanitarian agencies and international organizations operating in Yemen.

Qatar Charity is also a member of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). This membership means that its office in Yemen has become a candidate to act as an OCHA executive partner.

This membership is considered as an important component of the office in order to be eligible to act as an implementing partner of UN agencies operating in Yemen, such as the World Food Program, the World Health Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the United Nations Development Programme.

Also, Qatar Charity will participate in a forum for international donors organized by the shelter cluster in Jordan. The European Union, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the British Department for International Development (DFID) and other agencies and international donors will take part in the forum.

The forum aims to encourage and motivate international donors to donate for the shelter cluster in Yemen, as those affected by the current crisis of the country require support urgently.

It is worth mention that Qatar has announced the support of the United Nations Humanitarian Response Plan for Yemen in 2019 with $ 27 million.

This came during the participation of Qatar in the “High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen" held at the UN headquarters in Geneva at the invitation of the Swiss Union, Sweden and the United Nations.

Qatari charities, including Qatar Charity, will coordinate with United Nations organizations and agencies and other humanitarian organizations in order to finance various humanitarian and service programs and projects in Yemen.