5/12/2016
Al Ka'bi:
QC inaugurated 'Fallujah is Dying' Campaign to help alleviate the sufferings of its people and to meet their basic needs.
The difficult humanitarian condition in Al Anbar has forced thousands to be displaced due to the shortages in their basic needs of water, food, medications and covers.
QC inaugurated a relief campaign for the Iraqi city, Fallujah, which targets helping 120,000 people. The campaign includes food baskets and medical disposables for the siege-affected and the displaced people from Anbar.
The aids include food baskets; QC seeks to distribute 10,000 baskets to the people. Each basket consists of rice, sugar, oil, tomato sauce, tea, beans, eggs, milk, yogurt, date jam, and tahini. Each basket costs 200 QR. QC also plans to distribute 10,000 medical bags, each of which costs 100 QR. They consist of towels, sterilants, toothpastes, toothbrushes, diapers, adult diapers for women, soap and washing powder.
Brotherly Duty
In a press release, Mr. Mohammed Rashid Al Ka'bi, Director of Relief Management at QC, said, "The current circumstances in Anbar are really difficult for its people considering the conditions the region has been going through for a while. Thousands were forced to leave their homes; thousands have been suffering from the shortage in the basic needs of water, food, medications and covers as reported by the UN".
He also talked about how QC launched its new campaign to alleviate the sufferings of Fallujah people and to meet their needs. In addition, he mentioned that the total cost of the campaign reached 3,000,000 QR; 2,000,000 of which were spent on food supplies and the remaining 1,000,000 were spent on the medical disposables. "As a first stage, urgent aids will be distributed at a cost of 365,000 QR," he added.
Mr. Al Ka'bi encouraged the philanthropists in Qatar to support this campaign and offer donations to support its multiple products so as to follow the commandments of Islam that encourage the Muslims to be in solidarity with their Muslim brothers and sisters. "We must stand by our brothers and sisters in Iraq," he concluded.
Ways to Donate
Those who wish to donate can send SMS with 'FI4' code to 25629 to donate a food basket at a cost of 200 QR; or can send HI4 code to 24629 to donate a medical bag at a cost of 100 QR. Donors can also donate 1,000 QR to 92429; 500 QR to 82429; 100 QR to 24629; or 50 QR to 23629.
Donors can also donate through QC bank account number QA81QISB000000000108186660019, QC's website qcharity.org, QC's headquarters and branches in Qatar or the collection points in the malls.
Continuous Relief Campaigns
It is worth mentioning that QC offered relief aids to the displaced families in Anbar in a campaign it had inaugurated at a cost of 7,500,000 QR that targeted 50,000 displaced people. The campaign served more than 3,000 people in the city. The campaign included food supplies and some basic supplies such as blankets and, sleeping and sitting mattresses. The relief campaign also offered food, water, fans, and medical supplies to more than 1,000 Iraqi families who were forced to leave Anbar due to the bad conditions there.
Through coordinating with Shams Al Rafidain Charity Organization, QC aimed at relieving the people who left Anbar and sought refuge in Baghdad. It offered urgent aids to more than 1,000 Iraqi families who were forced to leave their homes because of war and the unsafe conditions of their city. Iraqis are currently living in camps in Hayy Al Jami'a, Ghazaliya, Dora, Al A'miriya, Al Adhamiyah, Salikh, and Fadhil. Furthermore, the families took shelter at the mosques and schools. The aids to these people consisted of food, water, mattresses, fans, and medical supplies.