The Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) is launching nine shelter projects this year for the benefit of 43,000 persons in Syria, Yemen, Gaza, Niger, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, at a total cost of over QR21 million. This comes as part of QRCS’s Ramadan Campaign 1444 AH “Humanity First: Give to Charity.” In northern Syria, a model residential village will be constructed for the earthquake-affected families, comprising 300 homes, a mosque, a school, a health center, facilities, and services.
Other development projects include a 25-home residential village for poor families in Niger, 10 (80 sqm) mosques, each with a capacity of 1,000 personsand 10 (120sqm) mosques , each with a capacity of 1,400 persons, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to enable refugees and locals to perform prayer and other religious practices.
Also, QRCS will support, rehabilitate, and operate four orphanages in northern Syrian villages. In Yemen, 25 housing units will be constructed for poor families, and 5,440 shelter kits will be distributed to displaced families. In Gaza, 90 poor families and persons with special needs will have their homes restored, maintained, and provided with solar panels. (QNA)
