DOHA: Qatar Charity has implemented a project to provide 18 surface-water wells in several areas of Syrian city of Idlib, which is bordering Turkey. Over 10,000 people are expected to benefit from the project. The remaining nine wells are expected to be completed in October, said a release.
With generous support from the people of Qatar, the Charity continues its efforts to provide safe drinking water to displaced people in the camps inside Syria.
The wells drilling project was started in April, targeting camps that lack basic services, particularly the scarcity of clean water sources. The reality on the ground indicates the lack of wells providing clean water in the targeted camps, long distance to water wells, and high transport cost of water, which cannot be afforded by displaced families.
The project also includes to provide mineral water tanks with a capacity of 1,000 litres, pipelines and electrical connections.
The projects targeted camps and displaced communities in the villages of Salqin, Darkush, Bidama and Al Janudiyah in Govern orate of Idlib, and covered the needs of their inhabitants, schools, mosques and others in region.
Among the important wells that have been completed by Qatar Charity is the “Norah Well” in the Al Sifsafeh camp in the Harem-Salqin area, where 320 displaced families (2,000 people) live. The well provides water for the camp residents and school students.
The “Al Wafa Well”, which is allocated to the school of Mizin for the displaced Syrians is one of the important wells that meets the need of 300 students in the primary and preparatory school.
The residents of the beneficiary camps have extended their thanks to the philanthropists in Qatar for their contribution to alleviating their suffering. They also expressed the hope that Qatar Charity would help them with the generators and expenses for operating the implemented wells.
