• 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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• Mohammed Rashid Al Ka’bi, “QC has proven its absolute and continuous commitment to offering relief aids to the Syrian refugees so as to alleviate their sufferings and provide all of the necessary means to ensure them a better life.”

Around 10,000 Syrian refugees in Arsal, Lebanon, benefited from the relief project implemented by QC. This project was part of its continuous efforts to help and alleviate the sufferings of the displaced Syrians and refugees.

The relief project is mainly about providing food baskets for 3 months for the benefit of 1,650 families living in the following camps: Kuwait Al Kheir, Yasar Idlib, An-Nour, Al-Qalamoun, Al Bunyan As-Sabi’, Az-Za’im, and Ar-Rahma.

Solidarity

In cooperation with Union of Relief and Development Associations, QC implemented the project in Lebanon to secure healthy food for 1,650 Syrian refugees in Arsal. It was implemented to strengthen the concept of solidarity and to avoid any possible future risks that would result from food shortages.

As always, QC works hard to offer and secure food for the Syrian people, especially those who are in Lebanon; the targeted category of this project.

QC prioritizes the field of food because of its importance. It is one of the most fundamental challenges faced by the refugees and displaced people. Therefore, QC has made it a priority for the relief projects it implements for the Syrian people.

Dignified Life

Mr. Mohammed Rashid Al Ka’bi, QC Relief Head of Board of Directors, said, “QC has proven its absolute and continuous commitment to offering relief aids to the Syrian refugees so as to alleviate their sufferings and provide all of the necessary means to ensure them a better life.”

He emphasized on the fact that QC prioritized refugees-related relief projects since they need such projects the most. “Refugees need our help. They need our full support,” said he.

He added that QC will exert more efforts to respond to the humanitarian causes which need help the most. It will do so in cooperation with all of the partners, and the parties interested in the affairs of refugees and displaced Syrians in Syria.

Exceptional Efforts

In the recent weeks, QC funded a project to support and rehabilitate the medical points and health centers which are open for the patients and injured Syrian refugees in Lebanon and for the displaced Syrians in Syria at a cost of 1,300,000 QR.

8 health institutions in Syria and Lebanon benefited from the project. Among these is Arsal Medical Center which consists of Emergency, Pediatric, Operations, Orthopedic, Radiology, and CT Departments in addition to a Laboratory and patients rooms. It secures the medications for all the sick and injured Syrians. Over 90,000 people benefit from the center yearly. Other centers include Al-Tufail Medical Center to which many Syrian families took refuge –about 850 people benefit from it monthly-, and Shebaa Medical Center which provides medical services to about 150 people monthly. In addition, QC pays for the treatment of the injured Syrians in Al Basha’r in Tripoli in Lebanon.

The number of the displaced Syrians and refugees who benefited from QC’s relief projects until the end of last October was 6,083,517. From April 2011 until October 2015, the projects’ costs reached 322,000,000 QR.

Due to their difficult conditions, the people inside Syria received 67% of the aids at a cost of 213,063,000 QR. The rest were sent to the Syrian refugees in the surrounding countries: 18% to Lebanon (58,272,000 QR), 8% to Jordan (about 26,889,000 QR), 5.5% to Turkey (19,000,000 QR), and 1.5% to Iraq and other countries to which some Syrians took refuge (4,500,000 QR). The total health costs reached 68,214,000 QR.

Because of the size of its projects for the Syrians, QC was considered the first NGO in Syrian relief according to OCHA’s (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) FTS (Financial Tracking Service).

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Qatar Charity has distributed blankets to 23,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) of Eastern Ghouta to alleviate their suffering, especially in the bitter winter.

Also, the charity is preparing to implement a number of projects in the field of food, health, and shelter for the newly displaced persons living under very difficult humanitarian conditions.

The aid is provided as part of the QC’s “Affected by Winter” campaign, which is devoted to lessening the suffering of displaced people and refugees affected by the winter around the world, particularly those displaced from the Eastern Ghouta, as their number reached more than 120,000 persons.

Last month, Qatar Charity managed to distribute relief aid to over 6,000 people in the Besieged Syrian Ghouta, as part of the QC’s urgent and repeated responses to lessen the suffering of the people living there in the extremely difficult humanitarian conditions.

Recently, 1,470 families with 8,350 members, affected by the Eastern Ghouta Siege, have benefited from the QC’s aid, which cost more than one million riyals.

The charity provided ambulances and non-food items to the people of the eastern Ghouta and in addition to the emergency relief project, which included the distribution of food baskets.

It is noteworthy that Qatar Charity Projects for the relief of the affected Syrians, benefitted more than 16.2 million displaced people and refugees in the areas of food, shelter, health, and education since April 2011 until the end of December 2017, which cost about 544.5 million riyals.

Qatar Charity is very grateful to all those who contributed to the QC’s relief campaigns since the beginning of the crisis, to support affected Syrian people inside and outside the country and it appeals to philanthropists, both Qatari and residents, to continue their Support for Syrian People.

QC launched its ‘Affected by Winter’ campaign to support displaced people and refugees affected by the bitter winter and heavy rain in Syria, Iraq, Palestine, and places with Rohingya refugees.

Interested people can donate to the campaign through the QC website (qcharity.org) and app. They can also make donations at the QC headquarters, branches and collection points located in commercial complexes as well as through the hotline - 44667711.