Doha: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has completed a relief intervention for the victims of flash floods in Hameshkorieb, Kassala Province, eastern Sudan, by providing non-food aid worth $50,000 for 500 worst-hit families.
From August through October 2016, QRCS’s mission in Sudan distributed diverse aid including 1,500 straw sheets, 1,000 blankets, 1,000, water containers, 1,000 mosquito nets, 1,000 mats, 500 tarpaulins, and 500 sets of kitchenware.
These distributions were aimed at mitigating the suffering of the region’s 6,000 families (27,000 people).
Hameshkorieb is home to many students who come from across the country to learn the Holy Quran and Quranic sciences. Many of those students experience bad living conditions due to limited sources of income.
The distribution ceremony was attended by Nasr Al Din Mahjoub, head of QRCS mission in Sudan, Hameshkorieb mayor, representatives of the Sudanese Red Crescent Society’s (SRCS) branch of Kassala, and representatives of the local community.
QRCS’s mission in Sudan has already conducted many similar relief interventions in the provinces of West Darfur, South Kordofan, Central Darfur, Gezira, Khartoum, and Sennar. Prior to the distributions, a field survey was conducted by QRCS and SRCS personnel to identify the impact of floods and rainfall, which affected the water and sanitation infrastructure by destroying many small dams, which were the sources of drinking water.
Also, public health was negatively affected, due to the proliferation of malaria bearing mosquitos.
Sudanese authorities had previously announced that 13 out of 18 Sudanese provinces had been hit by the floods, which killed dozens of people, destroyed 3,206 houses, and damaged 3,048 houses in Kassala. According to Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation reports, the water level of the River Nile in 2016 summer was the highest in more than 100 years, causing huge floods in many parts of the country.
QRCS is a humanitarian charitable organisation that aims to assist and empower vulnerable individuals and communities.
