Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) has sent the first convoy of humanitarian aid trucks under Katara’s relief campaign for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Syria, in co-operation with partners in Jordan.
Three trucks loaded with in-kind assistance (blankets, mattresses, hygiene materials, clothes and children’s toys) moved from the warehouses of the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation in Mafraq, near the Jordan-Syria borders, heading for southern Syria.
The relief campaign launched by Katara - the Cultural Village to combat cold and hunger in Syria filled 11 containers with 1,090 mattresses, 3,370 blankets and 97 packages of clothes, women’s stuff, children’s toys and soaps. This assistance was moved to Jordan so that QRC’s mission there would enter it into Syria in co-operation with the Jordanian partner.
The donation campaign was extended for an indefinite period, with trucks aligned in different parts of the country, including Al Wakrah, Al Khor, Al Rayyan, Muaither, Al Kheesa, Izghawa, Al Kharatiyat, Al Shamal, Slata, Al Muntazah, Al Dafna, Aspire Zone, Al Murrah, Khalifa City, Al Luqta, Ghaza, Fereej Bin Omran and Fereej Kulaib.
QRC undertakes the executive part of the campaign, securing licences and approvals, finalising legal procedures, receiving donations, moving them to the target regions and distributing them to the beneficiaries in poor districts and places of the neediest IDPs.
In addition, QRC contributed 2,000 blankets and 11,500 handwash bottles to protect Syrian families against cold and diseases.
As more in-kind donations are collected, QRC will send more convoys to help displaced Syrians inside their country as well as Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries.
Aid materials are loaded onto trucks for distribution in Syria.
