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Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has been distributing food baskets to needy families in 16 countries as part of its Ramadan Iftar project.
The project, part of QRCS’ Ramadan Campaign 1441 AH, has a budget of QR9.7 million to provide food for around 32,600 families -- 163,000 persons -- in Palestine, Sudan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Mali, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Somalia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Senegal, Albania and Iraq.
In Afghanistan, QRCS seeks to provide food packages to 5,430 poor families in five provinces, mostly displaced families, orphans, widows and disabled persons, at a total cost of $426,000. Some 2,430 families in Kabul, Khost and Paktia provinces will receive 530, 950 and 950 food baskets, respectively, each containing 86 kg of food items like flour, rice, vegetable oil, sugar, tea and iodised salt. Each packet is estimated to serve a family for one month.
Besides, Zakat-ul-Fitr food baskets will be distributed to 3,000 families in Ghor and Farah. Each basket contains 74 kg of rice and flour.
In Jordan, QRCS’ representation mission and Jordan National Red Crescent Society (JNRCS) distributed food vouchers to over 1,400 Syrian and Jordanian families in Irbid, Mafraq and Amman. To avoid gatherings, food baskets were distributed to many beneficiaries at their homes, and there were more than 10 locations of distribution.
For the 11th year in a row, QRCS’ representation mission in Somalia distributed food baskets to displaced families in Mogadishu, as well as the families affected by floods in southwestern provinces of Shebelle. Each of the project’s 1,750 families received 95 kg of food items, including rice, flour, sugar, milk, dates and vegetable oil.
At a cost of QR670,000, the distributions were made after implementing preventive measures such as social distancing, handwashing and provision of masks. In the West Bank, QRCS and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) co-distributed a first batch of Ramadan food baskets, each containing 30 kg of food items, across the northwestern villages of Al-Quds.
Together with its counterparts in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, QRCS distributed food baskets containing items for one month to 800 Tajik families and 1,000 Kyrgyz poor and disabled beneficiaries.
In the presence of Albin Kurti, prime minister of Kosovo, Albulena Haxhiu, minister of justice of Kosovo, Feride Hyseni, president of the Red Cross of Kosovo, and Agron Humolli, secretary-general of the Red Cross of Kosovo, QRCS delivered Ramadan food baskets to over 200 poor beneficiaries in 26 municipalities.
In order to help the poor Bangladeshi families that lost their sources of income due to coronavirus lockdown, QRCS and Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) distributed 5,000 food baskets.
A total of 13,850 food baskets are being distributed to the Myanmar refugees and host communities in Cox’s Bazar, in partnership with BDRCS and the Turkish Red Crescent.
The distribution of Ramadan iftar baskets is going on by all QRCS foreign missions and offices under the Ramadan Campaign. Many beneficiaries thanked the Regulatory Authority for Charitable Activities (RACA) for facilitating these projects in Qatar and internationally.
people can donate to QRCS’ charitable activities online (www.qrcs.org.qa), or by bank transfer via QIIB (IBAN No. QA66QIIB000000001111126666003), or visiting the short code page app.qrcs.org.qa/cov.
There is a hotline for inquiries of donors (66666364) and another one for requesting a home visit (33998898). Donations are also received at QRCS’ headquarters (Corniche), Training and Development Center (Umm Al-Seneem), and via major shopping centers
(Al-Meera, Carrefour, and LuLu Hypermarket).
Doha
Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has been distributing food baskets to needy families in 16 countries as part of its Ramadan Iftar project.
The project, part of QRCS’ Ramadan Campaign 1441 AH, has a budget of QR9.7 million to provide food for around 32,600 families -- 163,000 persons -- in Palestine, Sudan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Mali, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Somalia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Senegal, Albania and Iraq.
In Afghanistan, QRCS seeks to provide food packages to 5,430 poor families in five provinces, mostly displaced families, orphans, widows and disabled persons, at a total cost of $426,000. Some 2,430 families in Kabul, Khost and Paktia provinces will receive 530, 950 and 950 food baskets, respectively, each containing 86 kg of food items like flour, rice, vegetable oil, sugar, tea and iodised salt. Each packet is estimated to serve a family for one month.
Besides, Zakat-ul-Fitr food baskets will be distributed to 3,000 families in Ghor and Farah. Each basket contains 74 kg of rice and flour.
In Jordan, QRCS’ representation mission and Jordan National Red Crescent Society (JNRCS) distributed food vouchers to over 1,400 Syrian and Jordanian families in Irbid, Mafraq and Amman. To avoid gatherings, food baskets were distributed to many beneficiaries at their homes, and there were more than 10 locations of distribution.
For the 11th year in a row, QRCS’ representation mission in Somalia distributed food baskets to displaced families in Mogadishu, as well as the families affected by floods in southwestern provinces of Shebelle. Each of the project’s 1,750 families received 95 kg of food items, including rice, flour, sugar, milk, dates and vegetable oil.
At a cost of QR670,000, the distributions were made after implementing preventive measures such as social distancing, handwashing and provision of masks. In the West Bank, QRCS and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) co-distributed a first batch of Ramadan food baskets, each containing 30 kg of food items, across the northwestern villages of Al-Quds.
Together with its counterparts in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, QRCS distributed food baskets containing items for one month to 800 Tajik families and 1,000 Kyrgyz poor and disabled beneficiaries.
In the presence of Albin Kurti, prime minister of Kosovo, Albulena Haxhiu, minister of justice of Kosovo, Feride Hyseni, president of the Red Cross of Kosovo, and Agron Humolli, secretary-general of the Red Cross of Kosovo, QRCS delivered Ramadan food baskets to over 200 poor beneficiaries in 26 municipalities.
In order to help the poor Bangladeshi families that lost their sources of income due to coronavirus lockdown, QRCS and Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) distributed 5,000 food baskets.
A total of 13,850 food baskets are being distributed to the Myanmar refugees and host communities in Cox’s Bazar, in partnership with BDRCS and the Turkish Red Crescent.
The distribution of Ramadan iftar baskets is going on by all QRCS foreign missions and offices under the Ramadan Campaign. Many beneficiaries thanked the Regulatory Authority for Charitable Activities (RACA) for facilitating these projects in Qatar and internationally.
people can donate to QRCS’ charitable activities online (www.qrcs.org.qa), or by bank transfer via QIIB (IBAN No. QA66QIIB000000001111126666003), or visiting the short code page app.qrcs.org.qa/cov.
There is a hotline for inquiries of donors (66666364) and another one for requesting a home visit (33998898). Donations are also received at QRCS’ headquarters (Corniche), Training and Development Center (Umm Al-Seneem), and via major shopping centers
(Al-Meera, Carrefour, and LuLu Hypermarket).
