(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
Doha: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) and Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) have co-launched a response to the emergency and health needs of the Afghan people.
This came under a bilateral cooperation agreement to alleviate the suffering of the communities most affected by the recent humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, by improving the health and living conditions of 4,500 families, or 31,500 persons, displaced by disasters and armed conflict in Kunar, Takhar, and Zabul Provinces.
The project involves providing diverse relief aid at a total cost of $548,000, equally funded by the two parties, while QRCS is undertaking all execution jointly with the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS).
The aid items are food parcels for 2,400 families, each containing 46 kg of basic foodstuffs such as flour, rice, sunflower oil, tea, lentils, and sugar; hygiene kits for 2,400 families conforming to the standards approved by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), such as soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, women's supplies, and baby diapers; and basic emergency health supplies for 14,700 people, such as medications, medical consumables, and equipment.
Until the date of writing this report, seven relief shipments have been deployed by air from Qatar to Afghanistan, totalling 105 tonnes of various foodstuffs and 18 tons of hygiene items. After that, 1,000 food parcels and 1,000 hygiene kits were distributed to 1,000 poor families, or 7,000 persons, in the areas of Mezana, Sarkhogan, and Arghandab Districts of Zabul.
Signed by Ali bin Hassan Al Hammadi, Secretary-General of QRCS, and Maha Barjas Al Barjas, Secretary-General of KRCS, the project's agreement involves cooperation on providing food, health, and hygiene assistance for 4,500 families, or about 31,500 most vulnerable people, in inaccessible areas.
Commenting on the agreement, Al Hammadi said,“One more time, we join hands with our brothers at KRCS to extend the wings of humanity to the poorest places worst hit by conflict and natural disasters. This time, we stand together for the people of Afghanistan, who have for years suffered displacement and lack of the slightest requirements of a decent life.”
Al Hammadi praised the quick response by the people of Qatar and Kuwait to help the Afghan people in their current plight. He described the cooperation between QRCS and KRCS as“a representation of the two governments' and peoples' support of humanitarian causes and advocacy of the rights of vulnerable people everywhere” and an“extension of their common mission under the umbrella of the seven Fundamental Principles.”
He promised to continue working to provide urgent relief aid in various parts of the country.
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