Qatar Charity’s (QC) delegation, currently visiting Lebanon, continues to deliver urgent aid to Syrian refugees and underprivileged Lebanese families, as part of the ‘Qatar Relief Convoys’ organised within the framework of its ‘Warm Hearts’ winter campaign.
The aid aims to meet the winter needs of the beneficiaries by providing shelter kits, food items, and fuel in Arsal, Beqaa, and Akkar of Lebanon. The delegation, headed by Yousef Fakhroo, CEO’s assistant for the Resources Development and Media sector at QC, consists of other officials, many social activists, and social media influencers, in addition to donors.
The aid, distributed to the Syrian refugees in the camps of Akkar in northern Lebanon, included 225 tent sheets, 300 food packages, and 1,500 winter kits, as well as heating materials for 300 families. The delegation also distributed the food packages to 250 families of orphans and the needy, in addition to giving gifts to the children of 50 families.
In Beqaa, the delegation visited the Syrian refugee camps and distributed 650 food packages, as well as winter kits and fuel, to 382 families in the southern Beqaa camp. The delegation is expected to distribute other assistance in the camps of Arsal.
The delegation also visited QC's projects in Lebanon, including the Vocational Training Institute in Sidon, which contributes to preventing school dropouts. Nearly 1,500 students graduated from the institute in three years. The delegation also inspected the mother sewing workshop and health projects, including the dental clinic rehabilitation project.
Fakhroo said the visit comes to assess the conditions and needs of the Syrian refugees on the ground and deliver the Qatari assistance to the needy through these convoys, stressing the continuation of the convoys in other countries to help the affected.
He indicated that ‘Warm Hearts’, the 2022-2023 winter campaign, aims to deliver aid to more than 1.2mn people, including IDPs, refugees, and underprivileged families, in 15 countries, including Syrian Leboneng, Jordon, Turkey, and Syria.
Expressing their happiness with the aid, the beneficiaries said that they were in dire need of such aid. They thanked Qatar for supporting them in these tough circumstances.
QC thanked the donors for supporting the ‘Warm Hearts’ campaign. Thanks to their contributions, the donation for 47 convoys was completed. QC urges people to continue their support to reach the target number of 250 convoys to benefit nearly half a million refugees, internally displaced persons and underprivileged families in six countries namely Lebanon, Turkey, Pakistan, Jordan, Syria, and Yemen.
