Qatar Charity (QC) has implemented a project that involved the construction of 400 apartments for displaced Syrians at a cost of QR5mn benefiting around 2,400 people.
Each of the apartments comprises two rooms, a bathroom and a kitchen.
Earlier, after returning to their demolished houses in Wadi Daif valley around Maarat al-Numaan, many families realised that they had become homeless due to the war and the resultant destruction. QC found it imperative to find a solution to rescue these people, particularly in view of the coming winter, and accordingly started implementing the project, according to a statement.
QC prioritises projects related to shelter. “It realises the desperate need for a place where people can enjoy a dignified life, a place of their own,” the
statement noted.
“QC aspires, through this project, to offer protection for the families who are going back to their homes, encourage the displaced Syrians to willingly return to their hometowns, reunite families and alleviate their sufferings,” the statement notes.
Mohamed Jassim al-Saliti, QC’s relief co-ordinator, said: “QC hopes that some of the beneficiaries will be able to live in these apartments before
winter.”
Because of the high priority of relief projects in Syria, 67% of QC’s projects for conflict-affected Syrians have been implemented within the country at a cost of over QR213mn. “We, at QC, will not spare any effort to respond to the needs of the Syrians. We will co-operate with the interested parties to guarantee a dignified life for the Syrians and make it safer for them to go back home,” it was observed.
Some 6,083,517 conflict-affected displaced Syrians and refugees benefited from QC’s relief projects implemented at a cost of QR322mn from April 2011 until this September, the statement added.
So far, work on 2,500 housing units has either been completed or is about to be finished. The two biggest projects in this area are Al Rayyan City and Doha Al Kheir City near the Turkey-Syria border. Each city has a total of 1,000 housing units and are
environment-friendly.
The cities have mosques, classrooms, sewage systems, health centres and playgrounds for children.
The shelter projects have been implemented at a cost of over QR120mn for the benefit of 760,776 people.