Beneficiaries with solar power systems provided to light up their homes in a village in Yemen.
DOHA: Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has provided fresh humanitarian aid worth QR1m to the needy people in war-torn Yemen.
More than 14,000 people benefitted from the project financed through donations by people from Qatar.
The initiative aimed at providing basic food items, healthcare services and other necessities to displaced families. It was launched in collaboration with local partner, Al Muhsinin charitable organisation.
The project was implemented in 10 areas, including Sana’a, Hadhramaut, Lahaj, Al Dali, Rasad, Yafa, Ib, Al Hadidah, Taz and Radfan.
More than 2,000 baskets of basic foodstuff were distributed, benefiting over 13,000 people in Hajja, Taz, Radfan and Sana’a provinces.
Medium-size families comprising six to eight members were given food baskets which could last two months.
The baskets included rice, wheat flour, edible oil, sugar, tea, pasta, spices and cleaning materials.
In addition, some 220 homes in remote areas of Ib, Dale, Hadharmout, Radfan and Sana’a — hit by outages — were connected with a solar power system for lighting purpose.
RAF intervened and paid medical bills of 65 poor patients in utmost need of treatment amid poor healthcare services in the country and lack of medicines. A social project was also launched and seven youth in Sana’a were provided with financial support to get married in view of their poor financial condition.
Scholarships were provided to eight boys and one girl who could not pursue higher studies due to financial reasons.
