Qatar Charity (QC) is preparing for the opening of a new model village for displaced Syrians. The village, which is the fourth of its kind in Syria, will house 100 families with essential public services and facilities.
QC has also announced opening of a number of other model villages in the country soon.
The model village is in the final stages of construction and includes a number of essential services. It is being built as part of the ‘Before They Freeze’ campaign for the benefit of displaced and refugee Syrians who have been affected by the recent snowstorms.
The model project has been funded by donations from benefactors and philanthropists in Qatar, who have donated QR33mn to date.
The village will comprise apartments for 100 Syrian families (around 600 people), who are currently sheltered in tents.
Each apartment covers an area of 17.5 m2 in addition to a 70 m2 kitchen for the village, a 140 m2 mosque, a 140 m2 school, separate bathrooms for men and women, laundry rooms, playgrounds for children, water distribution and rubbish collection points.
All apartments are fully equipped with carpets, mattresses, blankets, pillows and kitchen equipment, and residents will also receive free meals every day, education services, primary healthcare, religious lessons and laundry services.
QC is working on the implementation of a number of projects to help offset the worsening conditions the Syrians are experiencing at home and in neighbouring countries.
About 57% of QC’s recent aid for Syria has been directed to the Syrian interior, due to the harsh conditions of the displaced Syrians at home, whose numbers are growing daily, and whose suffering is increasing, with many humanitarian organisations finding it difficult to gain access to them.
In 2014, QC spent over QR187mn on relief projects for the Syrian people, benefiting 4,033,000 displaced and refugee Syrians.
QC has given special priority to food and medicines, in light of the urgent need for them. About 34% of the total aid was spent on food projects and 33% on health, while shelter projects and non-food items amounted to 25% and education 8%.
QC’s ‘Before They Freeze’ campaign continues and will include a new relief convoy. Donations can be made by calling the campaign hotlines 55524646 and 70700792, or the call centre on 44667711. Donations also can be made through QC website qcharity.org. They can also purchase an entire apartment for QR9,000 without services and for QR10,000 with services.
Individuals can contribute by purchasing a family food basket for QR500 by sending ‘ES’ to Ooredoo 92428, a winter family bag at a cost of QR1,000 by sending ‘FS’ to 92429, a winter bag for children at QR500, by sending ‘CS’ to 92428, bread for a family at QR50, by sending ‘AS’ to 92632, a fuel heater at a cost of QR250 or a blanket for QR100, by sending ‘BS’ to 92642.
Work on this model village is in the final stages.
