The implementation of these projects comes as part of QC’s ‘Below Zero’ campaign and is expected to benefit more than 21,000 people, the organisation has said in a
statement.
The first project is expected to help 2,000 refugee households with more than 10,000 people and will provide them with heating fuel, food parcels, blankets and warm clothes. This project also includes the delivery of heating fuel to a hospital, two health centres and a school and the provision of medicines for children and the elderly for four months of winter through a hospital and four health centres in places such as Chebaa and Arsal and in cities like Beirut and Sidon.
The second project focuses on providing two Syrian refugee schools near the Syrian-Lebanese border with heating fuel to protect refugee children from colds and winter diseases. The project is expected to benefit 655 students and teachers throughout the
winter months.
The third project aims at distributing winter clothes to 1,000 Syrian children in the areas of asylum in Lebanon. These clothes include jackets, sweaters, a winter hats, gloves and socks.
The fourth project is about a medical campaign in various governorates of Lebanon to provide treatment and medicine for Syrian refugees in order to protect them from the most deadly winter diseases. The campaign also aims at providing the heating facilities for medical centres and panoramic apparatus for Al Rahma Medical Centre in Chebaa. The project is expected to benefit 9,200 people.
Qatar Charity has launched its ‘Below Zero’ winter campaign under the slogan ‘Share the Warmth’ to help the displaced, refugees and the needy in nine countries cope with the cold of winter, the
statement notes.
The campaign was launched from Al Bayli Camp for Syrian refugees on the Turkish-Syrian border.
On this occasion, a delegation from QC distributed 2,850 food baskets to all the families living in the camp and sent 20 trucks loaded with food baskets into Syria to be distributed to displaced Syrians. Another 60 trucks will be dispatched for the same purpose by the end of December.
The campaign aims to raise QR66mn to provide the necessary winter needs for 800,000 people in three main areas, which are food, shelter and heating.
QC has urged people in Qatar to continue supporting its ‘Below Zero’ campaign in order to reach out to the largest number of displaced people, refugees and those in need.
The donation in favour of the campaign can be made through QC’s website and application. The donors can also request a ‘home collector’ through QC’s app or dial the charity’s hotline, 44667711, to make their contributions.