Al-Marri met various Red Cross and Red Crescent officials in Nepal to discuss relief arrangements. Right: QRCS’s emergency mobile hospital in Trishuli, Nuwakot.

Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) recently sent a humanitarian envoy to Nepal to check its relief efforts in helping those affected by the earthquake in April.
The visit involved consulting Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). It also held capacity building for local water and sanitation (Watsan) workers.
QRC assigned the 12-day mission to Khalid Hamad al-Marri, a volunteer since 2006. After attending several basic and advanced disaster response courses and the annual Disaster Management Camp, al-Marri became a QRC-certified Watsan trainer and a member of the IFRC’s Mena Regional Disaster Response Team (RDRT).
Al-Marri is a founding member of QRC’s Disaster Risk Reduction Team and represented the organisation in many humanitarian events and missions in Kenya, Iran, Somalia, Libya, Lebanon, and Nepal.
Upon his arrival in Kathmandu, al-Marri was received by Dr Mosaab Breij, head of QRC mission to Nepal, who briefed him regarding the relief activities done since April.
Al-Marri also conducted meetings with several officials of NRCS, IFRC, the British Red Cross, and the Norwegian emergency mobile hospital, to discuss relief arrangements and prepare for a Watsan training course for the local staff.
He visited QRC’s emergency mobile hospital in Trishuli, Nuwakot to check water samples from the hospital and local community.
Al-Marri trained the hospital’s staff on how to purify water and arrange for NRCS staff training.
Over two days, 32 Nepali volunteers received theoretical and practical training in the contents, operation, and maintenance of KIT 5, described as an effective Watsan intervention technology to provide small local communities with disinfected water, sanitation units, and hygiene requirements.
The trainees were also introduced to the basics of launching awareness campaigns to promote healthy practices, water-borne disease control, and solid waste removal.
Al-Marri handed over QRC’s KIT 5 to NRCS to continue serving earthquake-affected towns that need clean drinking water, hygiene supplies, and environmental sanitation.


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