Qatar Charity (QC) began distributing food baskets to those affected by the earthquake that struck Afghanistan recently.
This is in conjunction with the launch of its 'Help Afghanistan' campaign to show solidarity with the Afghan people and help those affected by the earthquake and to provide them with urgent relief aid, a statement said yesterday.
The campaign aims to provide tents and treatment supplies for the injured, as well as food and other necessary and urgent needs. The earthquake, which recorded 6.5 on the Richter scale in the west of the country, resulted in the death and injury of hundreds of people.
Another major earthquake that occurred on October 11 in the north of Herat caused a state of panic among the population and left hundreds wounded. It was reported that 90% of the victims in the series of earthquakes that struck western Afghanistan were women and children.
In this context, engineer Khaled al-Yafei, director of the Emergency and Relief Department, said: “Qatar Charity has begun distributing the food aid to those affected by the Afghanistan earthquake as part of its urgent humanitarian response to alleviate their human suffering.”
Al-Yafei urged the Qatari people to support QC’s “Help Afghanistan” campaign, saying: “We call for assistance to those affected by the earthquake who lost their homes and families in the affected areas and have no shelter, especially in light of the current cold weather, in order to provide them with more assistance.”
QC allows donations to the campaign through its website: https://qch.qa/afgha or through its branches or collectors in commercial complexes and collection points, in addition to calling 44290000.
The campaign aims to provide tents and treatment supplies for the injured, as well as food and other necessary and urgent needs.
