Qatar charities sign pacts with UN bodies

Qatar Charity, Sheikh Eid Charity, and Sheikh Thani bin Abdulla for Humanitarian Services (RAF) signed yesterday five memorandums of understanding with the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN High Commissioner for Refugee, UN Children’s Fund (Unicef), the World Food Programme and World Health Organisation to implement a number of projects for the Syrian refugees through the executive committee of Aleppo aid campaign. Each agreement is set at a value of $8.5mn, except for the OCHA agreement which was set at $500,000.