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At a consultative meeting held in Doha, representatives from Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah al Thani Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) discussed the mechanisms of implementing the foundations project to support Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and displaced Yemenis.
RAF had extended UNHCR a grant of $35 million to implement relief programmes for one million displaced Yemenis and Rohingya refugees focusing on health, shelter and non-food needs.
UNHCR saw the grant received from RAF, the largest ever received from individual supporters, to provide multi-purpose cash and shelter assistance to approximately 300,000 internally displaced Yemenis or returnees from displacement areas and members of the host community in Yemen, as well as the support of approximately 670,000 refugees from Rohingya in Bangladesh.
Amin Awad, UNHCR director for the Middle East and North Africa Bureau and Refugee Coordinator expressed appreciation for the efforts made by RAF to support the most vulnerable. He said that these efforts represent a unique model of unlimited human sacrifice for the simple segments that have been damaged by conflicts and disasters.
He stressed the vital role of the private sector at the international level in providing support and assistance to international efforts to eliminate the problems of displacement and asylum, considered RAF as a unique Qatari model. He hoped the private sector and individuals around the world will be inspired by this experience to create relief and humanitarian programmes that serve the affected populations and help them to improve their social and health lives again.
He added that the UNHCR is seeking to replicate this unique model in other countries, in order to motivate them to provide more tangible and humanitarian support for displaced people and refugees, adding that the support and training programmes are provided to these groups in their locations, through a specialised UN international team.
RAF representative Dr Aize bin Dabsanal Qahtani said several consultative meetings were held with UNHCR specialists, to follow up on the implementation of the first phase and discuss the mechanism of starting the second phase of the grant.
He added that RAF’s future objective, if appropriate, is to reach the support of at least 5 million displaced people and refugees around the world and provide the necessary humanitarian support to them. RAF has achieved 20 percent of this target by implementing a package of programmes and projects to provide support to approximately 1 million displaced persons and refugees in Yemen and Rohingya in Bangladesh, he said.
UNHCR Regional Representative to the GCC Countries Khaled Khalifa said the joint efforts between the public and private sectors will have an influential role in the vulnerable sectors affected by the conflicts.
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