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(MENAFN – The Peninsula) Doha: With funding from the Qatar Development Fund (QFFD), the representative mission of the Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) in Lebanon has made progress in supporting the emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.
In coordination with the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the Lebanese Red Cross (LRC), medical services and other needs are provided to people infected with the disease or financially affected by the crisis.
Up to 19,700 food baskets and 1,000 family hygiene kits have been distributed in the Palestinian camps of Wavel (Beqaa), Ein El Hilweh, Mieh ou Mieh (Sidon), Nahr El Bared, Baalbek and Burj Barajneh, and the total number of beneficiaries it has reached 98,500.
The hygiene kit distributions are part of the PRCS community awareness program, which includes regular sessions focused on mothers to educate them on how to disinfect the site and prevent the spread of infection. In addition, there are door-to-door awareness visits to maximize the results of the hygiene kits.
For the benefit of medical professionals, 70 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) were purchased to protect ambulance personnel, and similar kits were delivered to 10 medical centers serving camp residents. These include 3,365 N-95 masks, 2,776 face masks, 10,000 disposable gowns, 3,500 glove boxes, 1,040 roof boxes, 3,040 shoe cover boxes, and 50 digital thermometers.
The two LRC ambulance vehicles assigned for the project are operating within the camps in response to the increase in COVID-19 cases. This was recognized by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in brief news such as the first time in the Ein Al Helwa camp. A total of 150 boxes have been transported during the reporting period. The process of handing over the remaining medical equipment to support the isolation hospital is being finalized.
In coordination with QFFD, QRCS ‘mission is to oversee all project activities, together with PRCS and LRC, under a previously signed memorandum of understanding (MoU). Strict preventive measures are followed to ensure the safety of both beneficiaries and distributors. The coronavirus control project in Palestinian refugee camps aims to mitigate the spread of the disease and minimize secondary impacts on health, by supporting health facilities to cope with the response to COVID-19 while maintaining other health services in operation.
The objectives of the project are 10 health centers, 1 quarantine hospital and ambulance vehicles that will be used to transport patients for the duration of the project. In addition, vulnerable communities are advised to protect themselves through essential hygiene practices.
Another aspect of the QFFD-funded project is to mitigate the adverse economic impact of the closure by providing basic food assistance to 27,800 poor families in Palestinian camps and communities in the south (Rashidieh, Burj Shemali, El Buss, Ein El-Hilweh, Mieh ou Mieh and Sahel), Beirut (Shatila, Burj Barajneh and Mar Elias), North (Beddawi and Nahr El-Bared) and Beqaa (Wavel Baalbek). The total number of beneficiaries is estimated at 139,400, including 8,430 people with special needs.
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