DOHA QATAR Charity (QC) signed an agreement with Unicef recently to provide water and sanitation to Pakistan flood victims.
The charity group also contributed financially to an emergency relief package for the victims in southern Punjab.
The project, worth an initial funding of QR800,000, is slated to conclude by Saturday. It will benefit more than 20,000 people.
Services to be provided under the project include the construction of 500 toilets, along with the distribution of 7,500 food parcels, 30 water tanks, 200,000 chlorine tablets and two mobile water tanks with a capacity of 10,000 litres.
QC has provided emergency relief to those affected by the floods which swept through several areas in the Punjab province in the first half of September. It is one of the first humanitarian organisations to reach victims in the remote flood-hit areas. The organisation’s field relief team has been on the ground since the beginning, and had prepared a field report which was published on the Reliefweb website of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
The devastating floods affected tens of thousands of the local population resulting in casualties in some villages. It also led to the displacement of many families. Some of these families had to move to higher grounds — such as schools and government buildings.
QC has provided flood relief assistance such as, distributing meals to 14,000 people, 700 hygiene kits including soap and water purification tablets, as well as 1,400 plastic sheets.
QC also mobilised emergency supplies, distributing around 20 tents, in addition to 50 mosquito nets, cooking utensils and various other needs. Ten water tanks with a capacity of 300 litres per tank were provided to relief camps, for the flood victims.
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