DOHA: Some 32 people from Qatar went on a trip to Jordan, organised by Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services, popularly known as RAF.
The visit aimed to familiarise the delegates with the situation and requirements of Syrian refugees in camps and orphanages.
The team also visited hospitals providing health services to refugees during the three-day trip which concluded yesterday.
Delegates visited Al Zatari camp for Syrian refugees in Al Mafraq Governorate in the north-east, said a statement. The delegation focused on whether the refugees needed more portable homes to protect them from cold. RAF has dispatched 2,000 portable homes so far.
They also visited two hospitals in the capital Amman and made donations to help cover medical bills of Syrian refugee patients who needed urgent surgeries, including bills for women undergoing Caesarian operations.
Participants also visited a medical centre to help launch a project for the treatment of 15,000 Syrian refugees annually, including free check-ups and free medicines.
RAF will continue to support Syrian refugees who have taken shelter in neighbouring countries, said RAF’s CEO, Dr Ayed bin Dabsan Al Qahtani. Humanitarian aid that is being provided to the refugees in Jordan has been increased. The aid includes portable houses, medical clinics, lab equipment and pharmacies, he added. Needy families are also receiving financial aid, house rent and winter clothings and some development projects are being launched to generate income for refugees.
RAF has been executing charity projects in Jordan in collaboration with local organisations in the country and has provided humanitarian aid worth $24m to Syrian refugees in Jordan.
This was the sixth trip organised by RAF for its donors since the beginning of Syrian crises in the past over five years, said Ahmad Yosuf Al Fakhro, Head, Delegating Unit, RAF, who led the delegation.
The trip aimed to shoulder humanitarian responsibility and show to Syrian people that people from Qatar stand by them in their difficult times, he added. “We visited 50 families and gave them winter clothings, room heaters and blankets. We also visited three orphanages and provided help and sponsored orphans and paid rents for their homes,” Fakhro said.
“What we saw on ground was different from what we had been hearing about the Syrian refugees,” said Abdunnasir Fakhro, Deputy Head, Delegating Unit.
“Refugees are facing problems. We the participants of the trip should convey the real picture to our brothers in Qatar so that they extend help to rescue them.”
RAF has decided to provide $280 to 150 reafugee families each per month for a year, he added.
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