QRCS, OCHA launch multi-sector project in Yemen
Gulf Times
Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched an integrated intervention project in the sectors of health care, food, shelter, water, sewage, and hygiene, to meet the needs of the displaced and most vulnerable communities in the districts of Jabal Habashi and Maqbanah, Taiz Governorate, Yemen.
At a total cost of nearly $2 million, the new project is funded by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ (OCHA) Yemen Humanitarian Fund (YHF).
The project was launched during a workshop held by QRCS in Taiz, with the aim of introducing stakeholders to the project’s details and components, which include the following: (1) construction of 350 makeshift shelters, (2) provision of nonfood items (NFIs) for 887 displaced families, (3) construction of 195 toilets with fittings, (4) digging of two water wells with hand pumps, (5) rehabilitation of two water projects near camps in Maqbanah, (6) rehabilitation and operation of 12 health facilities, and (7) equipment and deployment of mobile medical clinics.
Nabil Jaamil, Director of the Office of Planning and International Cooperation in Taiz, said QRCS projects would fill in the gap, meet the needs, and reduce pressure on the local authority in Taiz. According to him, the new operation will be executed in Jabal Habashi and Maqbanah because they are among the areas desperate for assistance due to security instability.
