DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) continues to implement relief projects for the affected and displaced 7,000 people in Al Baydaa, Ma’rib, and Taiz areas of Yemen at a cost of QR500,000.
The project was financed by the waqf (mortmain property) of Jassim Darwish. It included distributing 600 food parcels, each containing 50kg of wheat, 10kg of sugar, 10kg of rice, 900 grammes of dried milk, five litres of oil, a pack of legumes (24 cans), 1kg of tea, 2,400 blankets and 2,400 dresses for children.
The project covered Al Qahirah, Al Mudhaffar, Salh, and Mashra’a Wa Hadnan districts in Taiz; Majzar district in Ma’rib; Al Baydaa, As Sawma’ah, Mukayras, Az Zahir, Dhi Na’im and As Sawadiah districts in Al Baydaa.
Thousands of families lost their houses and sources of income and were forced to leave homes.
Mohammed Al Ka’bi, Relief Director, QC, said: “Some 600 families benefited from the food supplies and blankets, and 2,400 children from the clothes. About 7,000 people were made happy because of the aid. QC contributed to the alleviation of their suffering and reinforced their psychological and food stability. I encourage all Qatari philanthropists and good doers in Qatar to aid their brothers and sisters in Yemen. It is out of brotherly duty and Islamic commitment to relieve the needy that the philanthropists in Qatar should contribute to by sending urgent aids to the Yemenis”.
Abdul Kareem Shiban, Member of the House of Representatives in Taiz, said, “Such projects’ impacts do not include filling empty stomachs only. Rather, they help build society and reconnect its members despite the threat of breaking apart most of Yemeni cities face.
“We thank all those responsible for the waqf of Jassim Darwish, government and people. In Yemen, the number of needy people is increasing; they need more humanitarian attention, especially that the list of their needs is growing.”
QC hosted a preparatory workshop organised by the charity and 12 humanitarian organisations, for the preparation of the Conference of Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen: Challenges and Prospects of the Humanitarian Response.
The initiators met for consultation, coordination and cooperation to face the deteriorating situation of the Yemenis and their increasing suffering.
The Megh and Chapala cyclones hit Socotra Island and many coastal cities in the south of Yemen. QC was the first humanitarian organisation to reach the cyclone-affected people and has implemented two relief projects for them — the first was implemented for the Chapala-affected in Socotra Island, Hadramawt, Al Mahrah and Shabwah which benefited 500 families and the other was for the Megh-affected and benefited 9,150 people.
