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Qatar Charity (QC), through its offices or in cooperation with international humanitarian organisations and local partners, has provided assistance in Mali, Chad and Kenya as part of its ongoing efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus and help communities in need.
Several hospitals in Mali have benefited from the assistance provided through Qatar Charity’s office in the country, which included clothing, spectacles, masks, gloves, thermometers, and cleaning and sterilisation materials.
In Chad, the Qatar Charity office in the capital, N’Djamena, has implemented a project to prevent the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, benefiting 500 families and 5 institutions directly and 8,500 people indirectly. The project distributed preventive supplies to the hospital and four social centers. Supplies included sanitisers, cleaning equipment, gloves and masks.
The project also distributed 500 protective baskets to poor families, with each containing cleaning and sterilisation materials, in addition to an awareness campaign in all districts of N’Djamena, to educate people on the importance of practicing personal hygiene and on the epidemic.
In Kenya, Qatar Charity has distributed necessary preventive supplies, including disinfectants, sterilisers, masks, hygiene kits and other items, to 500 families with 2500 individuals to raise community awareness on the epidemic, and reduce cases of virus infection.
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19/05/2020
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