Support for Syrian refugees in Jordan

Al Rai News

The Qatar Charitable Association and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have signed an agreement to provide more than US $ 10 million in favoring the most needy Syrian refugee families In Jordan and Lebanon, financial aid has been granted to alleviate their suffering and meet their basic needs.

The agreement was signed by Sheikh Hamad Bin Nbader Al Thani , Chairman of the Board of Qatar Charity and Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Signed Between And in Their Efforts to Help Syrian Refugees in Neighboring Syrian Countries

two parties noted that this contribution to the initiative of UNHCR Zakat is the first of its kind of any donor at a time when the UNHCR

agreement will allow the UNHCR to provide financial badistance to more than 30,000 Syrian families, including the 150,000 most vulnerable and needy refugees in Lebanon and Jordan until the end of the year. [19659007] About 89% of refugees in Jordan, 71% of refugees in Lebanon live below the poverty line and 1.2 million in need of cash badistance in the Middle East and North Africa region.