QRCS to help vulnerable people during Ramadan

Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS)began the preparation and execution of Ramadan Campaign #DutyToHelp, long before the start of Ramadan this year.

The funds raised from the benevolent people of Qatar will be used to implement numerous humanitarian and development projects for the benefit of 1.6 million people around the world during and after the holy month of Ramadan.

In Qatar, QRCS’s Volunteering and Local Development Division is undertaking diverse development, social, and volunteering programmes/projects for the benefit of the most vulnerable groups.

The Community Care Section is implementing the Ramadan iftar project in Qatar, by distributing food coupons to approximately 47,000 beneficiaries from families registered with social assistance services, to help them purchase the food and other items they need during the fasting month, based on certain criteria such as social case studies, number of family members, etc. Special focus is given to low-income families, divorced women, widows, older people, persons with special needs, and families of penitentiary inmates. The section also continues to implement its regular programmes of distributing cash and monthly assistance to poor families, to help them pay for the costs of living. On 15 Ramadan, QRCS will hold the Garangao celebration, with food coupons and gifts distributed, to bring joy and happiness to the hearts of poor families and their children.

At the same time, QRCS will be implementing international activities during the holy month of Ramadan, through its foreign representation offices/missions, and in coordination with fellow National Societies in the host countries. The key project is Ramadan iftar, which involves distributing diverse food parcels containing local staples to more than 234,000 poor beneficiaries in 18 countries, to help them secure iftar and suhoor meals throughout Ramadan.

The target countries are as follows: Palestine (Gaza and the West Bank), Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan, Sudan, Bangladesh, Niger, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Albania, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Mongolia, Mauritania, and Djibouti.

There will be other Ramadan charitable initiatives in poor countries, such as Zakat-ul-Fitr, Eid Clothing, and food security projects supporting bakeries with flour to produce and distribute bread on a daily basis to fasting people and poor families. QRCS is keen to deliver such aid to the beneficiaries prior to the holy month of Ramadan, to make them feel the spirit of Ramadan and bring happiness to their hearts at the iftar time.

In addition to the Ramadan-specific projects, QRCS’s fundraising campaign will help implement a whole plan of humanitarian projects/programmes until the year-end.