QC launches urgent relief campaign for Yemen

QNA/DohaQatar Charity has announced the launch of an urgent relief campaign for the benefit of those affected by the worsening humanitarian situation in Yemen. The ‘Yemen .. We are with you’ campaign aims to collect over QR36mn in the first stage, in order to provide immediate assistance in the areas of food and medicine for 1,260,000 people across Yemen. The campaign comes under the auspices of HE Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Jassim al-Thani, QC General Supervisor of Quality projects in Yemen, and will involve the distribution of food baskets containing basic items, fresh food and children’s milk and food, in addition to the distribution of medical disposables and medicines. The humanitarian crisis experienced by Yemen for the past few months has exacerbated the humanitarian situation in various fields, particularly those that affect the daily life of citizens. Hundreds of thousands of people are without water and electricity, food and fuel are scarce, and there has been an almost total collapse of medical services due to electrical outages and lack of medicines and medical disposables. Significant internal displacement from major cities to rural areas has also increased human suffering. In a press statement, al-Thani urged residents and citizens of Qatar to donate to the campaign in order to alleviate the suffering of the affected, noting the exceptional circumstances experienced by Yemen for several months now. Donors can contribute to the campaign by donating the value of products (food baskets, cans of milk, fresh foods, medical disposables or drugs), directly to the QC head office and branches across the state, to QC collectors stationed in shopping malls, via the QC website qcharity.org/yemen, or by bank transfer to the following Islamic Bank account: IBAN:  QA 58QISB00818666015020 0000110. People can also donate via Ooredoo or Vodafone text message by sending (YN) to 92429 to donate QR one thousand, to 92428 to donate QR 500, to 92642 to donate QR 100, to 92632 to donate QR 50 and to 92133 to donate QR 25.