Arbil: Emirates Red Crescent today (Saturday) opened a number of health service projects in camps for displaced Iraqis in Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, in order to provide more comprehensive care to tens of thousands of displaced people coming into the region from neighbouring provinces as a result of the escalation of events in the area.
The authority’s projects include two health clinics and a bakery, in addition to a lighting project to serve more than 3,000 displaced people.
The delegation was headed by Dr Mohammad Atiq Al Falahi, Secretary-General of Emirates Red Crescent and included Saeed Suhail Al Mazroui, director of international aid management, and a number of volunteers. The delegation was accompanied by Rashid Mohammad Al Mansouri, Consul General of the UAE in Arbil.
The opening of the clinic at Hershm camp helps serve 9,000 people, of whom 3,000 live in the camp along with the local population in neighbouring areas. The clinic includes a number of medical specialities as well as a laboratory, a pharmacy and other nursing facilities.
In another development, Human Appeal International (HAI) has provided over $47,300 (Dh173,730) to aid 2,677 Palestinian orphans being sponsored by the authority in Al Khalil City, south of the West Bank, according to an official of the philanthropic organisation.
Ebrahim Rashid, Director of the Human Appeal office in the West Bank, said that the HAI’s orphans project provides over $10 million (Dh36.73 million) worth of aid annually to more than 20,000 Palestinian families.
He added that Al Khalil receives the largest amount, with 2,677 orphans receiving medical, educational and social care.
