Doha, Qatar Charity (QC) launched the 2023-2024 winter campaign titled 'One Heart', aiming to reach approximately 1.5 million people in 21 countries, including Qatar, at an estimated cost of around QR 60 million.

The "One Heart" campaign targets 21 countries, which are Palestine, Syria, Sudan, Jordan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Somalia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Albania, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey, Central Africa, Chad, Tunisia, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Morocco, and Qatar, in addition to Rohingya refugees.

The campaign focuses on Palestine due to the current challenging humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip, which has further worsened with the onset of winter. It also targets crisis-stricken regions, as well as those experiencing extreme cold.

The campaign seeks to provide essential winter necessities in the areas of shelter, food, health, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). The area of food includes food packages and bread as well as school feeding. The shelter area involves winter clothing, blankets, covers, heaters fuel, gas cylinders, tents, home rent and maintenance, and caravan. The health sector encompasses primary health services and first aid kits. The WASH field includes water, water tanks, and personal hygiene kits, in addition to the rehabilitation of toilets.

The 'One Heart' campaign also aims to provide winter assistance to 4,100 workers within Qatar. This assistance includes winter kits, food packages, and medical aid, in addition to awareness activities.

CEO's assistant for the Resources Development and Media Sector at Qatar Charity Ahmad Yousef Fakhroo stated that Qatar Charity has consistently launched winter campaigns to provide the necessary supplies for vulnerable groups, including internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, impoverished families, and those in need, with a focus on the affected individuals in Palestine and the Gaza Strip. He emphasized that the campaign will also concentrate on countries facing crises, disasters, and extreme cold.

Fakhroo urged the benefactors in Qatar to support the winter campaign to reach the largest possible number of crisis-affected and needy people worldwide, especially those in Palestine, given the current challenging humanitarian conditions, which have worsened significantly with the onset of winter, low temperatures, and rainfall.

Source: Qatar News Agency