(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has dispatched fresh humanitarian aid at a cost of QR1m to Syrian refugees sheltering in Lebanon.
More than 8,000 people fighting for survival benefitted from the project. The project meant to provide basic needs to refugee families like foodstuffs, fuels and medicines. The medicines were distributed to three health facilities serving the beneficiaries.
The project was implemented by RAF in collaboration with its local partners in Lebanon. More than 120,000 liters fuels for heaters, 4,000 food baskets, 200 raincoats were distributed to beneficiary families.
Al Rahma medical centre in Basha and Al Arqub in southern part of Lebanon, Al Shamal medical centre in Al Dhania and Nurah medical centre in Jabal were supplied medicines for children, women and senior citizens enough for four months.
The project aimed at providing fuels and food baskets to most deserving refugee camps in Akar, Al Buqa, Shaba, Al Arqub and those in southern part of Lebanon.
A survey was conducted in collaboration with local partners to assess the needs of refugee families. Then they were provided coupons to receive the aid at distribution centers.
The foodstuffs included rice, sugar, tea, lintels, olive oil, edible oil, pasta, salt, canned foods among others. The project helped reduce the suffering of refugee families amid harsh weather and snow fall. RAF implemented several projects and planed to continue to meet the needs of more than 40,000 refugees like heater fuels, food baskets and medicines enough for four months.
RAF's massive campaign Shita Al Rama (winter mercy) in Lebanon earmarked QR4m for relief projects for 31,000 Syrian refugees across the Lebanon. They will be provided 5,000 food baskets, tents, vaccination, medicines, winter wears, blankets and fuels.
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