Qatar- RAF rushes aid to Philippine flood victims
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Beneficiaries receiving food baskets at a distribution centre set up by RAF in a flood-hit village.
Over 12,000 people in five governorates of Mindanao Island benefit from urgent humanitarian aid.
DOHA: Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has provided urgent humanitarian aid to more than 12,000 poor people of flood-hit areas of the Philippine island of Mindanao.
The aid includes basic foodstuff and medicines in large quantities.
More than 2,500 food baskets were distributed in seven villages, each with basic food items enough for a medium family for three months. It included rice, sugar, edible oil, milk and coffee.
The beneficiaries received medicines of regular uses and for chronic diseases.
The initiative was launched in collaboration with RAF";s local partner, the Supreme Scientific Advisory Council which had conducted a survey to assess the needs of the people in these areas.
The beneficiary villages are Taujan, Dar Al Salam, Beniwata, Lakiki, Viraki and Karmin in five governorates of Mindanao.
The beneficiaries thanked donors, RAF and its local partner for support at a tough time when they faced severe financial problems.
Residents of these areas find it very difficult to earn enough to cover their daily needs due to natural disasters, said a release.
RAF has launched several campaigns to support the needy people worldwide. The beneficiaries include poor, needy people, widows, divorcees and orphans. Refugees and internally displaced people have also been benefited from the initiatives. The weaker segments of society like people with disabilities, children and senior citizens were given special care.
The Peninsula