Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has completed the Warm Winter 2021 project, benefitting hundreds of poor families in Kosovo.
Together with the Red Cross of Kosovo, winterisation clothing was distributed to poor families and children, amid an extremely cold weather.
A total of 684 warm clothing kits such as jackets and sweaters – which are much needed during these months – were distributed, including 384 for adults (women and men) and 300 for kids.
The QR80,300 project reached out to 684 vulnerable families in 12 municipalities of Kosovo. Special priority was given to widowed women, orphaned children, and elderly people. The recipients were very grateful for the help provided, which made their economic situation easier during the winter season.
Kosovo has one of the highest poverty rates in Eastern Europe. According to the Kosovo Agency of Statistics and the World Bank, 5.2% of the population live in extreme poverty. The overall unemployment rate is very high at 30.5%.
Under the theme of Dignity is Priceless, QRCS is implementing its Warm Winter campaign, which seeks to distribute winterisation and food aid to ensure warmth for, and protect the dignity of, 45,270 families, totaling 272,880 beneficiaries, in 15 countries (Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, Gaza, Jerusalem and the West Bank, Bangladesh, Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, and Kyrgyzstan).
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