Qatar Charity (QC) has distributed winter relief items and food aid to more than 1,500 needy persons in Kosovo, at a total cost of more than QR500,000.
The distribution of aid was carried out within the framework of QC’s 'Affected By Winter' campaign, in co-operation with four municipalities of the country, where the temperature dropped to -18C.
Mahmoud Abbas, director of the QC office in Kosovo, said the charity has distributed winter relief items and food baskets to needy families as an urgent response to lessen the suffering of those affected by low temperatures in the Balkans.
He added that each family received a quantity of wood for heating and winter clothes, which include two jackets, two slacks, two shirts, shoes, a pullover and a coverlet, in addition to a food basket containing oil, flour, sugar, beans, rice, macaroni, tea and packets of spices.
Bashkim Krasniqi, Deputy Minister of Public Service in Kosovo, expressed deep gratitude for the assistance and Qatar Charity's efforts in the fields of development, relief and assistance to support the needy and orphans and to achieve tangible impact in the lives of beneficiary families, hoping that QC would continue its charitable journey in Kosovo.
aruk Mujka, deputy mayor of Mitrovica, expressed pleasure at the participation with Qatar Charity to distribute aid to poor families who are in dire need of such assistance. He hoped that other charities would follow in the QC’s steps in co-ordination and co-operation with the responsible authorities in the country.
The beneficiaries of the winter relief expressed their happiness in getting this aid, wishing that such generous efforts would continue to benefit as many needy families as possible.
Expressing his joy and thanks to QC, Sadri Faratti said “we are still in your memory, as you brought this aid to us in an area located on the mountain during this bitter cold”. Also, Hamida Babai thanked QC’s humanitarian efforts with the same emotional way, saying “we cannot deny the support of Qatar for us”.
The projects in Kosovo cover different segments of the community and diverse areas of QC’s work, most notably sponsoring orphans, people with special needs and poor families, as the number reached than 2,200 sponsored people, Qatar Charity said in a statement.
More than 4,000 people have benefited from education and training courses organised through its Qatar Training Centre. Over 315 income-generating projects have been implemented, while the number of water and sanitation projects has risen up to 400, in addition to 20 construction projects, which involve houses and mosques.
