(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Qatar Charity (QC) has sent in-kind assistance to orphans, widows and the poor in Yemen.
The in-kind donations came within the framework of QC's Taif project and benefited around 56,000 people in the governorates of Sana'a, Amanah, Aden, Hodeidah and Dhamar, including Ethiopians living as refugees in Yemen and orphans at the Al Rufaqaa
Orphanage.
The distribution was made in response to the difficult circumstances currently being experienced by people in Yemen due to the security situation and resulting displacement.
The project focused on the neediest people in a country with extreme levels of poverty and unemployment, where more than half the population lives below the poverty line.
The Taif project involves the provision of in-kind assistance to areas experiencing severe crises and has recently sent 12 trucks - weighing 120 tonnes - to Syrian refugees on the Turkish border. The convoy was carried out in collaboration with Sanad Ahl Al-sham and the Turkish IHH.
The distribution is not the first made in Yemen. Late in March, QC distributed in-kind assistance for the benefit of more than 1,000 Yemeni families affected by the recent events that led to the displacement of thousands of families in the Hajjah governorate.
This assistance fell within the framework of QC's support for the Yemeni people after the organisation raised over QR23mn. More than 3,000 food baskets and over 1,200 mattresses and blankets were also distributed.
As part of the campaign, QC seeks to implement a number of urgent projects, including nutritional support for the displaced and support for the return of the displaced to their areas of origin, in light of the fact that there are around 120,000 displaced people in Abyan, Taiz, Sana'a and Lahj. The project aims to help 10,000 families via the distribution of food aid such as flour, sugar, milk, oil and rice, and basic household items.
QC also plans to implement a project to sponsor 10,000 orphans, 2,000 people with disabilities, 3,000 students and 1,000 elderly people, in addition to a project to support primary health services via the provision of medicines and medical supplies for 12,000 displaced people, and a project to combat malnutrition in children under five years, targeting 4,000 kids, as well as pregnant and lactating women.
Taif was launched five years ago seeking to promote the spirit of volunteerism in the community while helping needy groups in a manner that preserves their human dignity.
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