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IN response to the alarming situation in Mosul, Nineveh, and the probable wave of displacement across the country due to the current military operations, the Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has activated its emergency operations room at Doha headquarters to collect information about the conditions of displaced people in Iraq.
Real-time reports are received from QRCS' mission in Iraq and its field groups, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
A relief campaign has been launched to help more than 120,000 Iraqis expected to flee Mosul over the coming few days. Also, an emergency appeal has been issued to raise QR15 million ($4.1 million) for a six-month intervention in shelter, relief items, water and sanitation, and health care.
Several organisations have already reacted to the appeal, which warned against one of the world's worst and most complicated humanitarian crises in 2016.
People can donate by calling hotlines ('66644822' 66666364 16002) or sending an SMS with"S" to '92176' to donate QR 50, '92966' (QR 100), '92770' (QR 500), or '92740' (QR1,000). People can also donate online through QRCS' website (www.qrcs.org.qa) or email ([email protected]).
As early as August 2016, QRCS took precautions in anticipation of a humanitarian crisis in Mosul, by providing a stock of basic relief supplies of shelter, food and heating in its warehouses, just in case a quick and effective intervention is needed. These reserves were coordinated with international partners and donors.
In July 2016, the United Nations issued an emergency appeal to raise $284 million to cover the basic needs of displaced people with the eruption of fighting.
QRCS' mission in Iraq is registered with the Kurdistan Regional Government. Since 2013, many relief programmes have been conducted for Syrian refugees and Iraqi internally displaced people (IDPs).
A new branch of QRCS' main office in Erbil is under construction, increasing the total number of branches to five, with 141 personnel.
So far, the QRCS has completed 20 water and sanitation, health care and relief projects, at a total cost of more than $7 million, benefiting no less than 460,000 people.
To facilitate its work, QRCS' mission has partnerships with UN and international agencies such as the World Food Programme (WFP), International Organization for Migration (IOM), World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Islamic Development Bank (IDB).
The military operations along Al-Anbar corridors in Iraq have led over 230,000 civilians, 85,000 of whom from Al-Fallujah alone, to leave their homes and look for a safer refuge.
As the fighting is likely to intensify, the number of IDPs is estimated to exceed 700,000 people along Mosul, with up to 1.5 million affected by the military operations being moved into Mosul itself.
The latest displaced families go to areas controlled by the Government of Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government. Even though the partners working on the front line do their best to offer support, all the camps and centres to receive the displaced families have actually been filled to capacity.
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23/10/2016
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