QRCS delegation inspects, inaugurates projects in Niger

Doha: Director of Relief and International Programs Division at Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) Dr. Mohamed Salah Ibrahim has made an official visit...

Doha: Director of Relief and International Programs Division at Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS)  Dr. Mohamed Salah Ibrahim has made an official visit to the Republic of Niger, to inaugurate new shelter projects, inspect ongoing development projects, and hold coordination meetings with senior government officials and representatives of UN and humanitarian organizations operating in Niger.

Accompanied by Rachid Al Krouty, head of QRCS’s representation office in Niger, Dr. Ibrahim inaugurated a new residential village for poor families in Koutoukalé Koira Tégui. 

It consists of 33 homes, one borehole, one mosque, one two-classroom school, and basic infrastructure. During the opening ceremony, Dr. Ibrahim emphasised the successful partnership between QRCS and the Government of Niger, commenced in 2005 as a representation of the strong brotherly relations between the people of Qatar and Niger.

According to him, QRCS has diverse interventions in Niger, in keeping with the national development plans, including shelter, water and sanitation, health, livelihood, food security, and disaster response.

“With the reopening of QRCS’s representation office in Niger last year, its humanitarian activities were revived after a three-year halt,” said Dr. Ibrahim.