Qatar Charity installs, operates flour mill in northern Syria

Qatar Charity (QC) has provided a grain silo site with a flour mill in Marea, a town in Syria, which is currently servicing nearly 75,000 people.
The initiative came within the framework of the project entitled ‘Support Wheat Value Chain in North West Syria’, funded by the Turkey office of the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The ‘Support Wheat Value Chain in North West Syria’ project implemented by QC aims at supporting the wheat crop and storing production in giant silos in the city of Marea.
After the installation of the mill by a specialised team of experts and engineers, it was tested to make sure that it works properly. The mill started to work with a production capacity of 50 tonnes of flour per day. It provides integrated services, from sifting, cleaning, wetting, and fermenting to milling and packing.
The flour produced by the mill will contribute to meeting the need for flour in the area where it will be distributed to bakeries. The daily bread production will cover the needs of Marea and its surroundings.
Engineer Abdullah Rajab, the food security official at the regional office of QC in Turkey, confirmed the completion of the ‘Support Wheat Value Chain in North West Syria’ project by providing the grain silo site with a flour mill.
He noted that the project supports farmers to produce and store wheat in the silos, which will be used to make bread.
A study conducted by the Food Security Team at QC indicates that the mill can cover the other two areas too if it receives effective support.  
QC, through its qualitative projects, aims at enhancing food security, especially in light of the repercussions of the crisis that the country has been going through for nine years.