Press Release

Qatar Charity, UNHCR launch ‘4H’ initiative to support refugees worldwide

An urgent campaign through Al Rayyan TV on Friday to support 300,000 refugees under the initiative

Qatar Charity (QC) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, launched the largest humanitarian relief initiative entitled ‘For Humanity (4H)’ to provide emergency assistance to vulnerable refugees across the globe.

The 4H campaign aims to reach out to more than 300,000 refugees and displaced persons in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Somalia and Bangladesh (Rohingya Refugee), provide emergency assistance to them, and ensure they are safe, healthy and well fed.

Urgent Campaign

As part of the initiative, an urgent campaign will be launched live on Friday evening, May 24, through Al Rayyan TV. It will start at 10 pm and continue until midnight, to raise funds to help refugees in these countries.

Qatar Charity urges philanthropists in Qatar to interact with the "4H" campaign and donate to help thousands of the displaced, refugees, the poor and the needy in Yemen, Iraq, Bangladesh (Rohingya Refugee), Somalia and Syria.

An episode of the Taraweeh, a Qatar Charity radio programme at the Al Quran Al Kareem Radio, will be allocated for this purpose.

Continuous Partnership

Through a close partnership with UNHCR for many years, Qatar Charity works on relief campaigns to help refugees on different levels and through several programs, which include education, healthcare, and housing.

The "4H" initiative seeks to provide a leading model for global emergency support, consultation and joint action to enhance humanitarian response and field cooperation between the two parties.

In Yemen

The initiative will contribute to providing protection, shelter and emergency humanitarian assistance to Yemenis living in difficult conditions and struggling to survive, as more than 18 million of them currently need humanitarian assistance and more than 2 million people live in difficult conditions away from their homes and they are deprived of basic needs.

In Iraq

The "4H" initiative also seeks to help the Iraqi people and alleviate the suffering of 6.7 million Iraqis who are facing many humanitarian crises due to displacement as well as the lack of basic needs. A large number of Iraqi families still live with minimum spending. More than 3.3 million children are severely deprived of education, and suffer malnutrition, poor living conditions and less health spending. What makes the situation further worse is that 60% of these people suffer from the burden of debt and that a large number of young people aged 18 - 25 years suffer unemployment.

Rohingya Refugees

The "4H" initiative also seeks to support the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, as they suffer systematic discrimination in Myanmar, which caused the displacement of more than half a million refugees fleeing violence in their country. The violence has greatly harmed women, girls, boys and men and forced them to move to Bangladesh.

In Somalia

The 4H campaign aims at supporting Somali refugees at the Dadaab camp in Kenya and provide food, education, healthcare, housing, clean water and sanitation to 100,000 refugees.

The "4H" initiative also seeks to reintegrate Somali refugees by building public infrastructure helpful to rehabilitation in order to promote peaceful coexistence and self-reliance and give access to basic services in areas of return, so that Somali returnees, displaced persons and receiving communities can achieve the stability.

In Syria

The "4H" initiative aims to provide support and assistance to Syrian refugees to alleviate their suffering, as the Syrian crisis is one of the worst of our time.

According to the Regional Response Plan for 2018, a total of 12.8 million Syrians are in need of humanitarian assistance, including 6.2 million internally displaced persons. The crisis is worsening, as a large number of children are facing tragic humanitarian situations due to the shortage of food, the lack of shelter and the absence of health care.

It is worth mentioning that, in December 2018, UNHCR and Qatar Charity announced the launch of a joint initiative to coordinate partnership and cooperation to achieve their common humanitarian goals, and the 4H initiative is the culmination of that joint initiative.

Last week, UNHCR and Qatar Charity signed three agreements worth USD 4 million, in support of UNHCR operations in Iraq, Bangladesh and Yemen.

The agreements aim at supporting UNHCR’s projects focused on providing much-needed assistance to internally displaced Iraqis and Yemenis, in addition to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

UNHCR and Qatar Charity have a long track record of cooperation in support of displaced people over many years. Since 2011, Qatar Charity has provided over USD 34 million to UNHCR’s programmes, and has delivered essential humanitarian assistance to more than 1.5 million refugees and internally displaced persons in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Jordan, Somalia and Bangladesh.