(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has initiated an emergency response to the recent displacement wave in Idlib, northern Syria, where insecurity and armed conflict have affected nearly 4 million Syrians, who are already suffering from terrible living conditions.
In Doha, QRCS's Disaster Information Management Centre (DIMC) was activated to coordinate with QRCS's representation mission in Gaziantep, Turkey.
QRCS's medical personnel provided assistance to 177 children, 19 newborns, and 86 women. 'Since the eruption of the conflict, we have been working in Syria. Relief aid has been constantly provided for the affected communities in Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan, said Dr Mohamed Salah Ibrahim, Executive Director of Relief and International Development Division at QRCS.
In light of the recent displacement of around 41,000 Syrian families, he said: 'We have intensified our efforts to secure as much aid as possible. We are driven by our firm humanitarian commitments as an active player in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Despite the efforts of numerous humanitarian aid providers operating there, he asserted, they remained insufficient to meet the critical needs of the internally displaced persons (IDPs).
These include food parcels, readymade meals, heaters, blankets, heating oil, warm clothes, children's supplies, and tarpaulins. 'Through its representation mission in Turkey, QRCS is providing food and winterisation aid for the benefit of 56,000 IDPs across Idlib, Dr Ibrahim explained.
Under the theme of ReliefIdlib, the plan comprises four main items: heating oil for 13,000 IDPs over two months (40 litres per family per month), at a total cost of QR2,080,000; food parcels consisting of local food products for 20,000 IDPs over one month, at a total cost of QR932,000; blankets for 15,000 IDPs, at a total cost of QR615,000; and tarpaulins for 8,000 IDPs (two tarpaulins per family), at a total cost of QR374,000.
Dr Ibrahim urged all the people in Qatar to extend help to their brothers and sisters in Syria. 'The cold weather and homelessness have combined together to deepen the suffering of the vulnerable families in Syria. They have nothing to protect themselves against the freezing winter or to feed their kids, he added.
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