General Manager of the QDF Khalifa Jassim al-Kuwari and QRC Secretary-General, Saleh bin Ali
al-Mohannadi exchanging documents after signing the MoUs.
QNA/Doha
Qatar Development Fund (QDF) and Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) yesterday signed two memoranda of understanding to implement humanitarian projects in South Sudan and Yemen.
General Manager of the QDF Khalifa Jassim al-Kuwari and QRC Secretary-General, Saleh bin Ali al-Mohannadi signed the two memoranda of understanding at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The first memorandum of understanding (MoU) relates to the implementation of a project to support humanitarian and developmental operations to the affected people by water and sanitation to control cholera cases and to face repercussions of the conflict in South Sudan, which led to the deterioration of the humanitarian situation, population displacement, disruption of livelihoods and deterioration of the food security situation because of the ongoing conflict since December 2013 .
In a press statement on the occasion, QDF general manager said that Qatar is committed to being relief to South Sudan due to the difficult humanitarian situation there, which led to population displacement and the disruption of livelihoods. He said saying the project is part of Qatar’s pledges during its participation at the high-level international humanitarian donor conference for South Sudan held in Oslo in May 2014.
QRC Secretary-General said that Qatar continues its humanitarian efforts for the benefit of the affected people by the events in South Sudan, while stressing QRC’s commitment to harness all its potential and expertise to carry out accurately and efficiently this programme in the context of its role supporting Qatar’s aid and development efforts inside and outside the country.
The second memorandum of understanding (MoU) pertains to the implementation of a project of urgent medical intervention to relieve the people affected by the events in Yemen for six months, at a total cost of more than $4mn (QR14.5mn).
The project includes supply of medicines, fuel, and medical disposables to hospitals of Aden, Al-Dhale and Taiz in order to accommodate the growing number of wounded and to provide kidney centres with solvents and dialysis devices. It also aims to equip medical centres and hospitals to conduct surgeries, transport the injured from Yemen to Djibouti for treatment and to establish and operate a medical unit for Yemeni refugees in the Obock region and to provide shelter units in co-operation with the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Al-Kuwari added that Qatar is the first of initiators to relieve Yemenis in light of the escalation of events there and the consequent exacerbation of humanitarian crisis and the acute shortage of basic needs .
For his part, al-Mohannadi pointed to QRC’s experience in relief and medical activities, especially in Yemen. QRC has established two permanent offices in Sanaa and Aden to follow up its relief and development work there and to deliver aid to a larger number of beneficiaries in the local community.
