DOHA: Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has distributed 500 boxes of over 160kg of food supplies at a cost of QR100,000 to Yemeni refugees in Abakh costal area of Djibouti, as part of a fresh humanitarian aid.
The aid was distributed in the presence of Arab League Secretary-General’s envoy for humanitarian relief, Sheikha Hessa bint Khalifa Al Thani. The boxes contained dates, rice, flour, edible oil, beans, milk powder, canned tuna, sugar and tea boxes. The initial cost of QR100,000 was donated by people in Qatar. Some 3,000 people of 500 families have benefited.
The initiative is part of a relief campaign launched by RAF for Yemeni people affected by the ongoing war. Some 20,000 refugees are sheltered at Abakh. Food box were distributed in collaboration with local partner, Sanabil Al Khair Association. Djibouti made an emergency plan in collaboration with the United Nations to build a shelter for a large number of refugees.
The Peninsula
