• The campaign’s target is to collect 54,000,000 QR to make 35,000 displaced Syrians and refugees feel warm.
• The campaign seeks to provide winter clothes, heaters, blankets, fuel, and supplies. Donations are 100 – 1,000QR worth.
• Al Kuwairi: “I encourage the philanthropists to donate for this campaign so the Syrians would receive winter supplies. We don’t want people dying because of cold again.”

QC inaugurated ‘Syria: Endless Winter’ campaign to help face the cold of winter. Its main goal is to provide winter supplies needed for the Syrians living inside Syria and the refugees in the neighboring countries. The Campaign is to collect around 54,000,000 QR for the benefit of 735,000 people.

After the weather forecast had anticipated that this winter is going to be harsher and colder, QC made sure to inaugurate this campaign so as to hurry and help the Syrians.

QC encouraged the philanthropists and good-doers of Qatar and those residing there to offer a helping hand to the displaced and refugees to alleviate their expected sufferings because of winter. The campaign calls for the people to support the campaign’s products whose prices vary 50 – 1,000QR.

The Campaign’s Products

The campaign’s products include: ‘Winter Banquet for Family of 4’ at a cost of 1,000 QR. It comprises a blanket, a heater, jackets, hats, gloves, socks, and scarves; A ‘Blanket’ at a cost of 100 QR; a ‘Heater’ at a cost of 250 QR; a ‘Winter Bag for Two at a cost of 400 QR which includes hats, gloves, socks, and scarves; a ‘Food Basket’ that is sufficient for a family for one month (it has the basic supplies) at a cost of 200QR; a ‘School Bag’ at a cost of 100 QR; and bread sufficient for a month for one family at a cost of 50 QR.

In a press release, Mr. Youssef Al Kwairi, QC’s CEO, said, “Winter is making the Syrian situation worse. Recently, the number of displaced Syrians and refugees has increased. We have to hurry and help them. I encourage the philanthropists and good doers of Qatar and the people residing there to stand side by side with the Syrians.” He highlighted the importance of having to meet the Syrians’ needs by providing them with supplies that would make them and their children feel warm. He pointed out how QC had already offered similar aids in previous seasons when snowy weather and howling storms were at their worst. 

Donation for the Campaign

Those who wish to donate can do so through the following bank number (Al Rayyan Bank): IBAN/QA40MAFR000000000003111111001, through the society’s website:qcharity.org, through the society’s main headquarter and its branches inside the country or the collection points in the malls.

You can also donate through sending ‘Syria’ in SMS to 92632 to donate 50QR, to 92642 to donate 100 QR, to 92428 to donate 500QR, and to 92429 to donate 1,000QR. QC has also this hotline 44667711 for donations and answering questions related to the campaign.

The Outcome of 4 Years

QC was one of the very first to aid the Syrian people. It has a trained team and a specialized management to respond to catastrophes. The number of people who benefited from its aids since 2011 is 6,083,617 affected-people in the fields of food, shelter, health and education, which were implemented at a cost of 322,000,000 QR. According to the 2014 report of FTS of OCHA, QC received the first rank across universal NGOs for the number of aid projects it had implemented for the benefit of the Syrian people.

Last Winter Campaign

128,619 benefited from ‘Syria Winter’ campaign implemented at a cost of 10,000,000QR by QC last winter in a number of Syrian governorates and for refugees in Lebanon and Turkey. The beneficiaries received tents, blankets, mattresses, fuel, heaters, children clothes, supplies and milk for the children and family.

Important Pledges                          

By the end of last month, QC had organized a conference entitled “The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis Conference”. 50 different international, regional, Arabic, and Syrian humanitarian organizations attended. The conference focused on bringing the humanitarian organizations interested in the Syrian situation together so as to cooperate and coordinate together. The main purpose of the conference was to best face the deteriorating circumstances of the displaced Syrians and refugees; especially that winter’s already started.

The attendants pledged to implement a number of projects at a cost of 144,000,000 QR. QC announced setting aside 100,000,000QR from that amount to the Syrian people starting from 2016. In addition, QC announced paying 30% of any project budget intended to serve the Syrians in winter according to the society’s mechanisms for cooperation and association. 

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• The treated injuries included neurological and pulmonary diseases, bone fracture, burns and blood vessel injuries.
• The project helped save many Syrians

QC continues to implement its relief projects for the Syrian people in the field of health. It has implemented its third project for the severely injured from which 100 people benefited and were transferred to Jordan.

Implemented in cooperation with Association of Ahl Horan, the project meets the Syrians deep need for health rescue. Many injured and with critical health problems needed treatment. Therefore, QC offered them first aid, transferred them to nearby Jordanian hospitals and finally transferred them to specialized hospitals, depending on the severity of the injury.

Intensive Care

The neurological injuries which were treated included head bruises, shrapnel and gun shots in the brain, and vertebral fracture of the neck which results in either complete or partial paralysis. As for the pulmonary injuries, they included: bruises and pulmonary contusion, pleural effusion, and heart injuries. In addition, some other injuries which were treated included injuries in the abdominal organs and blood vessel, burns of all levels, eye injuries and loss of vision which resulted from shrapnel hits.

Engineer Rashid bin Fatis Al Mari, QC’s Director of Relief Department, said, “Jordan receives tens of Syrian injured coming from Hauran, Damascus countryside, and Kenitra every day. These injured usually suffer from severe injuries which require intensive care. Therefore, QC decided to allocate funds of around 100,000 USD to treat the severe injuries. These funds are automatically renewed after the end of each treatment stage to more than 100 Syrian injured at least.”

Taking Care of the Injured

QC, as Eng Al Mari mentioned, continues to nurse the injured until their full recovery. In addition, QC will do everything necessary to make sure the injured will not suffer from deformities and malformations. 

QC pays extra attention to the relief of the Syrian people, whether the displaced in the country or the refugees. Since April 2011 to last September (2015), 6,083,517 crisis-affected have benefited from the projects which were implemented at a total cost of 322,000,000 QR.

QC’s projects implemented for the Syrian people since the crisis first began included the following fields: shelter projects at a cost of 120,214,000 QR, food at a cost of 102, 561,000QR, health at a cost of 68,214,000 QR and education at a cost of 30,755,000 QR.

As for the health field, QC’s relief projects mainly focus on establishing and operating hospitals, creating funds for the treatment of the injured and patients, and providing medical disposables and ambulances. The most important hospital for establishment and operation is Al Amal Hospital for the Syrian Refugees in south Turkey.

Other projects

More than 100 people suffering from either partial or complete paralysis, or whose legs were amputated because of the ongoing crisis in Syria benefited from QC’s electric wheelchairs project. It was implemented to help them meet their needs and to alleviate their sufferings. The wheelchairs were distributed to 36 people with complete paralysis, 44 people with partial paralysis and 20 people whose legs were amputated.

QC has also supplied a number of field hospitals and medical charity points with 8 fully equipped ambulances.

Furthermore, QC has signed a universal strategic partnership with International Medical Corps last year. The agreement allows the two institutions to increase their chances of reaching the neediest places in the world. Mainly, they will be able to help the crisis affected in Syria, to offer health care for the children especially that there is a shortage in the usual medical services.

Last October, QC concluded its conference ‘The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis’. More than 100 participants representing 50 different institutions, governmental and nongovernmental organizations attended. The outcomes of the conference were implementing projects at a cost of more than 144,000,000QR and making recommendations for the benefit of the Syrian people.

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The village consists of 200 apartments, a kindergarten, 2 primary schools, 2 secondary schools, a training center, a medical clinic, a mosque, a market, two water plants and playgrounds for the children.

The village offers comprehensive services to 200 families of the orphans, and 5,000 people from the surrounding regions. It offers shelter, health, education, qualification, sports, and entertainment services.
The village’s work progress is fast. It is expected that it will be entirely established by the middle of next year.

Mohammed Hamed Al Billa, Wali River Nile in Sudan; and His Excellency Mr. Rashid bin Abdu ar-Rahman Al Na’imi, Qatar Ambassador in Sudan; were present during the inspection visit QC’s delegation paid to the village. The delegation was headed by Mr. Youssef bin Ahmed Al Kuwari whose visit was to review the work progress of Rofaqa Village for Orphans which QC had started establishing in River Nile state few months earlier at a cost of 32,000,000 QR. 

 ‘Rofaqa Village’ is considered to be a comprehensive developmental environment which works on developing the orphans’ personalities. It has multiple facilities that offer basic services in the fields of shelter, health, education, qualification, sports and entertainment. The village is situated in Ad-Damar in Nile River state; 200 families of the orphans and 5,000 people from the surrounding regions benefit from it.

Facilities of the Village

The village consists of 200 apartments (for widowed mothers and their orphaned children), a kindergarten, 2 primary schools (one for boys and one for girls), 2 secondary schools (one for boys and one for girls), a training center, a medical clinic, a mosque which can receive 800 performers of prayer, 2 water plants (2 wells with tanks to provide the village with drinking water), playgrounds and fields. The inhabitants of nearby regions are expected to benefit from the services the village offers, as well.

The work on the village started this March (2015) and is expected to be over in January 2016. Although the work on the village was supposed to be over in March 2017, it is expected to be over 9 months earlier because of the fast work progress, and the technology used in building (prefabricated roofs, for example) which QC uses for the first time.

The Ambassador’s Speech

During the inspection visit, Mr. Al Na’imi expressed his appreciation for the Sudanese people stressing the fact that the officials of the two countries work to develop their relationships. He also thanked QC for its distinguished developmental projects.

Mr. Al Kuwari, QC’s CEO, emphasized QC’s interest in establishing the village for the benefit of the orphans, “QC cares so much about the orphans. It aspires that this village will make a difference in their lives and that they will benefit from its services and facilities.”

In addition, a representative of Ad-Damar welcomed the guests and QC’s delegation and commended its efforts in implementing such project. “We are expecting that it will greatly contribute to the development of our region,” said he.

At the end of the ceremony, Mr. Al Billa thanked Qatar and its people for their support of humanitarian work around the world in general and in Sudan in particular. “QC has been of great help in contributing to the peace, stability, and development in Darfur. We thank it for standing by the side of its Muslim brothers and sisters in the poor communities in Asia and Africa. QC is always there to help in times of disasters and catastrophes,” Mr. Al Billa said. He also honored His Excellency the Ambassador of Qatar and QC.

 ‘Rofaqa Initiative’ aims at offering comprehensive care for the orphans and children around the world. It aspires to include all different fields such as social, educational, health and psychological services. Since its establishment in December 2013, 41,000 orphans have been sponsored. QC currently sponsors more than 80,000 orphans worldwide.

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