Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS), with funding from Qatar Airways, has distributed Ramadan Iftar food baskets in Jordan and Gaza.
Hajj Maher Haytham (67), one of the beneficiaries in Gaza, commended this benevolent donation in Ramadan, calling for more and more support for Gaza’s poor population.
“I am the head of a 5-member family. Being an old person who faces difficulty finding a job, I am struggling to secure food and housing for my children,” he explained.
Having been subject to several open-heart surgeries, Haytham, who is unfit for work due to fragile health, was describing his suffering as the humanitarian situation in Gaza is getting worse.
Hossam Abo El-Kheir, deputy general manager of Districts, the Ministry of Social Development of Gaza, said they had already distributed hundreds of food baskets to the poorest families of the blockade.
This contribution from QRCS and Qatar Airways would be of great help for many disabled, older, and jobless persons.
Each basket contained 20 food staples, including milk, cheese, rice, sugar, and vegetable oil. Distributions were made in a manner that ensured maximum safety and protection against the novel coronavirus infection.
“The beneficiaries were selected according to a set of criteria, based on a socioeconomic status assessment for each beneficiary, done earlier in the project,” Abo El-Kheir explained.
At the same time, Qatar Airways supported QRCS’s Ramadan Iftar project in Jordan, delivering food baskets to hundreds of poor Syrian and Jordanian families, in order to meet their needs during the holy month of
Ramadan.
These distributions fall under QRCS’s Ramadan Campaign 1441 AH, which involves many humanitarian operations in Qatar and 22 other countries, for the benefit of one million refugees and displaced and needy persons.
Qatar Airways has recently allocated 100,000 free flight tickets for health care providers, in recognition of their heroic efforts being at the forefront of the coronavirus pandemic fighting around the world.