Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) is proceeding with its immediate humanitarian intervention to help the displaced Syrians fleeing the escalated armed clashes in northern Aleppo countryside towards the Syria-Turkey borders at a cost of $100,000 (QR365,000).
In response to the unexpected displacement wave, the below-zero temperatures, and the risks to the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable civilians, QRCS set up a relief catering point in Bab Al-Salama, which is already hosting thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) and is receiving more and more from Aleppo countryside.
Located near a crowded IDP destination on the Syria-Turkey border, the first phase of the catering point will last for 16 days and provide 20,000 diverse meals, at a rate of 1,250 meals a day for all IDPs in the area.
Once the $30,171 first phase is complete, the second phase will begin for further 16 days at another location.
In parallel, QRCS personnel in Syria reached out to many families displaced from eastern Aleppo countryside, distributing 1,200 blankets and 600 mattresses to 190 families (1,100 people, mostly children, women, and elderly people).
Through these provisions, QRCS seeks to meet the needs of the displaced Syrian families instantly and effectively, as well as minimise the mortality rates resulting from the bad weather, by securing relief and warmth in these critical circumstances.