Qatar provides $8 million in financial assistance to address humanitarian needs of over 6 lakh beneficiaries in Libya

NewsBharati    07-May-2018
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Doha, May 7: Amidst intensified Gulf crisis, Qatar has vowed to provide $8 million in financial assistance to address the humanitarian and medical needs of more than 623,000 beneficiaries in Libya. 

Notably, the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) on Sunday signed an $8 million funding agreement to address the humanitarian and medical needs of more than 623,000 beneficiaries in Libya.

The agreement was signed by Misfer Hamad Al-Shahwani, Director of Development Projects at QFFD, and Rashid Saad Al-Mohannadi, Director of Relief and International Development at QRCS with the Libyan government. Under the agreement, a relief action plan will be implemented in southern cities of Libya.

The donation of $8 million is a part of the Qatari humanitarian endeavors in Libya since 2016. It is part of a larger $10 million initiative announced by Qatar to help improve the conditions in the war-torn country, through diverse humanitarian operations in cooperation with the Libyan Red Crescent.

After signing the pact, Director of Development Projects at QFFD Misfer Hamad Al-Shahwani said, “This joint work is aimed at meeting the humanitarian needs of the affected communities, in the fields of food security, water and sanitation, and nonfood aid. Also, it is planned to throw out a lifeline to hospitals and health centers, operate mobile clinics, and launch capacity-building programs for medical professionals”.

While Director of Relief and International Development at QRCS Rashid Saad Al-Mohannadi said, “I would like to thank QFFD for this generous support to QRCS’s ongoing relief work in Libya. With these funds, we will be able to expand our intervention to take in more and more beneficiaries. Our ultimate goal is to alleviate their suffering in such a protracted ordeal, while respecting their dignity”.

Interestingly, the move comes after the economic and financial impact on Qatar put by Arab quartet’s blockade is fading slowly. In the month of June last year, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and several other nations cut ties with Qatar and imposed stringent economic sanctions on it over supporting extremism.

On the other side, Qatar denied all their allegations saying that they never supported Islamist militants and Shi'ite Iran. Later, Saudi and its allies issued a 13-point list of demands to end the rift on June 22 and gave Qatar 10 days to comply. However, earlier Qatar rejected to fulfill the demands.