Qatar- RAF provides urgent aid for displaced families in Iraq

4/26/2016 10:01:17 PM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Beneficiaries with aid materials at a relief distribution centre.

DOHA: Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has dispatched fresh urgent aid of basic foodstuff at a cost of QR2.7m to internally displaced families in Iraq.

The initiative aims to distribute food baskets to some 11500 families comprising 60000 people in the governorates of Kirkuk Irbil Sulaymaniyah and Baghdad.

The project was financed through donations made by philanthropists in Qatar to ease the suffering of thousands of people in Iraq due to ongoing conflict.

It was launched by the RAF office in Iraq in coordination with the UK- based organisation AAN in February. Aid distribution continues and is expected to be completed by end of this month. A survey was conducted for the targeted areas with the help of AAN to select the most deserving beneficiaries.

The initiative aims to distribute food items at least for a month to 11500 families of an average five members each. The food basket contains 12 items including rice lintel sugar edible oil and pasta.

Fresh aid is being provided in response of the humanitarian crisis due to a growing number of displaced people in the governorates of Ninawa Salahuddin Kirkuk and Diyala.

Fatal diseases have spread among children due to malnutrition and severe shortage of foodstuff and healthcare facilities. Aid provided by Iraqi government and humanitarian organizations is not enough to cover the need of these areas.

Figures provided by local authority show 700000 families comprising 3.5 million people are listed as internally displaced persons (IDPs). They were displaced from Al Anbar Ninawa Salahuddin and Diyala governorates.

The Peninsula

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