Under its Ramadan Campaign 1442 AH, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) is executing its Ramadan Iftar project in Bangladesh, which is aimed at securing Iftar food provisions for 7,086 families, or 42,516 displaced and poor people.
Together with Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), QRCS’s representation mission in Bangladesh is distributing food parcels among Myanmar refugees in Cox’s Bazaar, as well as poor local families in Dhaka and Rajshahi.
To date, 2,056 food parcels have been distributed, containing dates, vegetable oil, rice, salt, sugar and chickpeas. Each parcel lasts for 10 days.
The distributions will continue over the coming days to reach the number of beneficiaries targeted, QRCS has said in a statement.
QRCS’s Ramadan Iftar is being implemented in Palestine (Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza), Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Lebanon, Iraq, Bangladesh, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kosovo, Albania, Mali, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mongolia and Chad.
With the donations of charity-payers in Qatar, more than 242,500 poor people will find food during the holy month of Ramadan, as diverse parcels of local food staples will be distributed to meet the needs of poor and displaced families over the month of fasting, the statement notes.
In order to support the campaign, one can visit QRCS’s official website (www.qrcs.qa), call the Donor Service (66666364) or donation collector (33998898), or transfer their donation to any of the following bank accounts: QIB (IBAN: QA51QISB000000000110575190014); QIIB (IBAN: QA66QIIB000000001111126666003); QNB (IBAN: QA21QNBA000000000850020196062); and Masraf Al-Rayan (IBAN: QA18MAFR000000000011199980003).
To donate to the Ramadan Iftar projects, SMS “Iftar” to 92216 (QR100), 92092 (QR500) or 92246 (QR1,000). To donate to the Eid Clothing project, SMS “Eid” to 92092 (QR500) or 92246 (QR1,000).
