Qatar stated round two million folks benefitted from humanitarian help dispatched by Doha to the victims of final month’s devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari stated in a weekly briefing that the Qatari help is estimated at over 247.2 million riyals ($68 million).
“The Qatari response to the quake disaster was quick from the first day and was at several levels,” he added.
According to the spokesman, the Qatar Fund for Development provided 112.7 million riyals ($31 million) for aid efforts in quake-hit Türkiye and Syria.
He stated the help included 2,500 container houses, 3,500 totally outfitted tents, medicines and foodstuffs.
Al-Ansari stated the Fund additionally supplied 17.8 million riyals ($4.9 million) to help rescue and aid efforts in northern Syria.
Qatar Charity additionally allotted 61.7 million riyals ($17 million) for sheltering, social safety, sanitation and water in each Türkiye and Syria, he added.
“More than 1.3 million people in Syria, and 350,000 in Türkiye have benefitted from the aid provided by Qatar Charity,” the spokesman stated.
Al-Ansari stated the Qatar Red Crescent Society additionally supplied medical and aid help value 16.6 million riyals (about $4.6 million), benefiting 252,000 folks.
On Tuesday, Qatari search and rescue missions started to return house from southern Türkiye after participating in rescue efforts for the sufferer of the Feb. 6 earthquakes.
On Monday, the Qatari armed forces handed over a subject hospital arrange in Hatay province in southern Türkiye to the Turkish Ministry of Health.
The magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 earthquakes killed greater than 46,100 folks in Türkiye and affected greater than 13 million folks throughout 11 provinces, together with Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Şanlıurfa.
The quakes additionally killed round 6,000 folks in Syria, based on UN figures.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
