Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) continues to provide emergency relief operations in Afghanistan to help its citizens who have been suffering from severe living conditions due to poverty, conflict, and natural disasters.
The QRCS activated its Disaster Information Management Centre (DIMC) in Doha on August 22 when the latest crisis erupted, providing an update about the situation in Afghanistan and co-ordinating with the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) on the field.
The QRCS allocated QR1mn from its contingency fund for an urgent two-month humanitarian intervention that involves the provision of food parcels and basic health services.
At the same time, a fundraising campaign was launched to meet the most pressing needs, mainly healthcare, food, and makeshift shelter, based on the status updates reported by the concerned international organisations.
All benevolent companies, institutions, and individuals in Qatar are invited to lend a hand to their Afghan sisters and brothers, by donating to this campaign through the website (www.qrcs.qa), the mobile app (Google Play or App Store), the call centre (44027777), the donor service (66666364), or the home donation collection service (33998898).
To donate via SMS, send the code “?” as follows: 92092 (QR 500 donation for shelter), 92552 (QRC 250 donation for food), or 92216 (QR 100 donation for health).
All over the country, the situation remains volatile amid considerable challenges due to a food crisis, unstable weather conditions, and ongoing unrest.
Until the first week of August, there have been 550,780 displaced persons.
Around 14.5mn would need emergency health services, and almost 18.4mn need humanitarian aid in 2021 alone, according to UN reports.
There are concerns of a wider spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), as a result of the failing health sector and shortage in health supplies nationwide.
In August alone, more than 9,000 infections were reported, in addition to 697 deaths.
The QRCS has been working in Afghanistan since April 2014, under a framework agreement with the ARCS, with a view to reaching out to the provinces worst affected by emergencies.
Over the past seven years, the QRCS provided QR36,231,736 worth of humanitarian aid for the vulnerable communities in Afghanistan, addressing the fields of emergency relief, shelter, water and sanitation, healthcare, livelihoods, food security, and winterisation aid.
The QRCS allocated QR1mn from its contingency fund for an urgent two-month humanitarian intervention that involves the provision of food parcels and basic health services.
At the same time, a fundraising campaign was launched to meet the most pressing needs, mainly healthcare, food, and makeshift shelter, based on the status updates reported by the concerned international organisations.
All benevolent companies, institutions, and individuals in Qatar are invited to lend a hand to their Afghan sisters and brothers, by donating to this campaign through the website (www.qrcs.qa), the mobile app (Google Play or App Store), the call centre (44027777), the donor service (66666364), or the home donation collection service (33998898).
To donate via SMS, send the code “?” as follows: 92092 (QR 500 donation for shelter), 92552 (QRC 250 donation for food), or 92216 (QR 100 donation for health).
All over the country, the situation remains volatile amid considerable challenges due to a food crisis, unstable weather conditions, and ongoing unrest.
Until the first week of August, there have been 550,780 displaced persons.
Around 14.5mn would need emergency health services, and almost 18.4mn need humanitarian aid in 2021 alone, according to UN reports.
There are concerns of a wider spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), as a result of the failing health sector and shortage in health supplies nationwide.
In August alone, more than 9,000 infections were reported, in addition to 697 deaths.
The QRCS has been working in Afghanistan since April 2014, under a framework agreement with the ARCS, with a view to reaching out to the provinces worst affected by emergencies.
Over the past seven years, the QRCS provided QR36,231,736 worth of humanitarian aid for the vulnerable communities in Afghanistan, addressing the fields of emergency relief, shelter, water and sanitation, healthcare, livelihoods, food security, and winterisation aid.