Doha, October 30 (QNA) – With the support of philanthropists in Qatar and within the framework of the ‘Warm Hearts’ winter campaign launched by Qatar Charity last week, a delegation from Qatar Charity distributed over two days of relief materials to prevent the dangers of winter in several Syrian refugee camps in the Arsal area, adjacent to the Syrian Lebanese border, benefiting 6,500 Person as down payment (about 1,300 families)
The materials that were distributed to the targeted families in the camps, including the “Al Wafa camp”, which was damaged by a fire at the beginning of this month: tents with their installation, food baskets, and non-food items such as carpets, winter clothes, children’s toys, heating fuel, blankets, Brushes, heaters, and gas cylinders.
In a press statement, Engineer Khaled Al Yafei, Director of the Emergency and Relief Department at Qatar Charity, who is supervising the distribution operations, said that Qatar Charity, through its “Warm Hearts” campaign, was keen to respond early to the needs of refugees for the winter season, as a contribution to protecting them from the dangers associated with this season, especially in refugee camps. Arsal, where the refugees live in harsh conditions within dilapidated tents that do not protect them from the rising cold weather, storms, heavy rain, floods, and expected snow.
It is worth noting that these distributions, which were carried out in cooperation with local relief organizations, come in preparation for the winter season when more than 60,000 Syrian refugees live in Arsal camps.
(QNA)