Qatar Charity (QC) has announced the allocation of over QR32mn out of a total QR40mn for the implementation of projects for the benefit of Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
The projects will be implemented by QC and partners, including the Islamic Dawa Organisation and Human Appeal, and will cover health, shelter, food and emotional support in collaboration with the Federation of Relief and Development Organisations in Lebanon.
The announcement was made during a special charity evening organised on the sidelines of the third conference to study the situation of Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
QC has allocated QR16.425mn for the creation and processing of a model village within the framework of the ‘Ray of Hope’ programme, which is implemented by the Federation of Lebanese Associations.
QC has allocated another QR1.825mn for the economic empowerment programme, ‘Support Productive Families’, which is also implemented by the federation within the framework of the Ray of Hope programme - a comprehensive programme that seeks to provide the basic necessities of life to Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
QR1.825mn was also provided to support a medical fund in order to provide medicines and treatment to sick and wounded Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
QC is supporting the ‘Smiles’ programme, which provides special psychological support for children, at a total cost of around QR220,000.
The two projects came after the allocation of QR560,000 as the price for the carpet of the Imam Abu Darda Mosque, which was destroyed and its carpet - along with its books - remained under the rubble until the Federation of Relief and Development Organisations pulled the carpet out and presented it at an auction held during a charity evening in Istanbul.
QC also allocated approximately QR2mn for the ‘Five Fingers’ programme, an integrated development project aimed at the development of the five areas where there are most Syrian refugees in Lebanon, in the area of Arsal. These areas are in urgent need of development due to the fact that they are isolated, surrounded by mountains and lacking roads and infrastructure. The five areas targeted are Rabbit Valley, Al-Hosn Valley, Atta Valley, Babain and Wara ul Hafr areas.
A number of training workshops and charity dinners were organised and presentations and films highlighting the suffering of the Syrian people were shown.
The auction of the carpet from the Imam Abu Darda Mosque.
