Tens of thousands of displaced and refugee Syrians benefited from the cities and villages built by Qatar Charity under relief housing projects.
The projects aimed at providing shelter for those affected by the Syrian conflict in order to ensure the dignity and privacy of the families and to provide a safe haven for them said a release. The need for shelter projects and other urgent relief assistance is increasing amid fresh and continuous displacements from Idlib. According to UN report, more than 30,000 people were displaced until September 9.
UN has warned of the potential for the “worst humanitarian catastrophe” of the 21st century with the biggest loss of civilian lives in the event of the escalation of the crisis and bombardment.
Qatar Charity has provided shelter for internally displaced Syrian people as well as Syrian refugees in neighboring countries. The aid included providing tents, giving residential units (caravans) to some camps, paying house rents, equipping shelters for civilians, distributing blankets and winter clothes and providing furniture and other essential items for housing units.
Source: Peninsula Qatar
So far, Qatar Charity established several cities and residential villages of pre-fabricated or concrete houses, and it also has two such projects in progress.
“Al Rayyan Humanitarian City for Displaced Syrians” in the village of Shamarin located in northern Aleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria, is one of the largest projects so far carried out by Qatar Charity to provide shelter.
The city includes 10 residential villages comprising 1,000 pre-fabricated housing units (caravans), which provide shelter for 6,000 displaced persons, as well as a health clinic, schools consisting of 30 classrooms, a mosque and playgrounds for children.
The “Competitors Villages for the Syrian Displaced” have been completed in Azaz, a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria, which include 300 pre-fabricated housing units benefiting 1,800 displaced persons, as well as a school, mosque and children’s playgrounds.
Also, the Village of Return for Syrian Refugees has been established in the Bekaa area of Lebanon, which provides housing units for 350 refugee families (2,100 people), in addition to a school, a mosque, a clinic and other facilities.
Moreover, Qatar Charity has completed the residential city in Wadi Dheif, which includes 400 concrete housing units that provide shelter for 2,400 people. The housing units were allocated to families whose homes were destroyed during the crisis in order to encourage displaced families to return to their villages.
The charity also provided 796 pre-fabricated housing units to registered camps in the governorates of Aleppo and Idlib, which benefited 4,776 affected persons. Currently, Qatar Charity is continuing to implement other housing projects, including the residential village in Jarabulus, near the Syrian-Turkish border, which is expected to provide concrete housing units for 36 affected families (150 people) in addition to a water well and a mosque.
The Model Village for Displaced people is also an ongoing project, which includes 400 concrete housing units for 2,400 people, in addition to a medical unit, a school, a well, a mosque and shops.
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