Qatar Charity supports Kosovo’s Ministry of Health in fight against COVID-19

Qatar Charity (QC) is preparing a batch of equipment, which will be provided to the Ministry of Health of Kosovo to help it meet its needs in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19).

The assistance will be delivered in coordination with His Excellency the Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Albania and Kosovo Ali bin Hamad Al-Marri.

The aid worth QR 1.1 million equaling $300,000, will include 6 ventilators, and 6,500 coronavirus testing kits, in addition to food baskets and protective items for poor families.

During the holy month of Ramadan, Qatar Charity, through its office in Pristina, distributed 2,800 food baskets, each containing the basic food supplies that are sufficient for a family for a whole month. Besides, Qatar Charity has distributed 500 protective baskets that include sterilization materials, hand sanitisers, cloth detergents, floor cleaners, gloves and masks. The food and protective baskets have benefited 3,300 households, easing the suffering of many families in need who were affected economically due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic

While delivering the aid, all necessary precautionary measures were taken to protect public safety, and the assistance was delivered to beneficiaries' homes to prevent gathering.

Mayors and beneficiaries thanked benefactors in Qatar for their symbiotic humanitarian gesture and the food and preventive assistance that they provided and they are about to provide, applauding Qatar Charity for delivering aid on time without any delay, especially in light of crises and dangers,.

The total cost of the projects, which are implemented by Qatar Charity during the blessed month of Ramadan in Kosovo, is over 1.8 million riyals. These projects also include the distribution of the Eid clothing to orphans sponsored by Qatar Charity, and Zakat al-Fitr to needy families.

It is worth mentioning that Qatar Charity, with the support from benefactors in Qatar, aims to deliver health, preventive and food assistance to 380,000 people affected by the coronavirus inside and outside Qatar at a cost of up to 60 million riyals, with 250,000 beneficiaries outside Qatar, at an estimated cost of 40 million riyals.