Katara’s relief campaign in support of Syrian refugees achieves its goals
A humanitarian relief campaign launched by Katara – the Cultural Village in support of Syrian refugees has completed filling up 11 containers with clothes, blankets, toys and mattresses.
Katara general manager Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim al-Sulaiti, Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) secretary-general Saleh bin Ali al-Mohannadi and Katara relief campaign committee vice-president Salman al-Nuaimi, during a press conference yesterday, stressed that Katara’s campaign to help Syrian refugees suffering from cold and hunger had achieved its goals. Accordingly, Katara had extended its duration in a bid to keep the doors open for adding more containers to respond appropriately to significant contributions by donors from different parts of the country, they said.
The 11 containers, which contain 1,090 mattresses, 3,370 blankets, 97 boxes of clothes and children’s toys, had been packed, it was announced.
“Katara has always been in a leading position to bridge the gaps among people through multicultural exchanges between nations with different cultural, social and artistic backgrounds, aiming to emphasise the importance of human value as an essential life foundation,” Dr al-Sulaiti said.
Earlier, Katara had allocated 10 containers for collecting aid for the Syrian people. Another container was added to meet the increasing quantity of donation from across the country. QRC will assume the task of shipping and distributing the aid to Syrian refugees.
“At QRC, we have always stood by our brothers – the Syrians – in their difficult times. We have given in-kind donations comprising 2,000 blankets and 11,500 packets of liquid soap to protect them from cold and the spread of diseases,” said al-Mohannadi.
He hailed the “significant” response by donors to the relief campaign which “exceeded all expectations”.
“We hope the campaign will alleviate the plight of our brothers in the refugee camps,” said al-Nuaimi, pointing out that since its launch, the relief campaign had attracted a significant participation of young Qatari men to drive trucks allocated for the collection of in-kind donations to various parts of the country.
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