The UAE continues its efforts to mitigate the impacts of harsh winter situations on giant segments of individuals worldwide, notably displaced people and refugees compelled to go away their properties and reside in tents.
With the onset of this winter, the UAE launched a number of humanitarian and aid campaigns to supply important provides to these affected by plummeting temperatures throughout many international locations, embodying the core humanitarian values of the UAE’s management and folks.
Operation Chivalrous Knight 3
Two days in the past, the UAE carried out a marketing campaign to distribute winter clothes to residents of shelters in southern Gaza as a part of the biggest part of Operation Chivalrous Knight 3, essentially the most intensive aid initiative in Gaza.
The marketing campaign focused the biggest gathering of displaced individuals in southern Gaza, close to Al-Aqsa College in Khan Yunis, benefiting 12,500 people.
For the reason that begin of this winter, the UAE has been delivering winter clothes, waterproof tents, jackets, blankets, gloves, and different provides to help Palestinian kids and households affected by the state of affairs in Gaza.
Emirates Crimson Crescent (ERC)
The Emirates Crimson Crescent has been persistently implementing its winter help programme. In November, the ERC launched a winter help marketing campaign benefiting 250,000 individuals worldwide to alleviate the results of chilly climate, notably in refugee-hosting international locations.
The marketing campaign entails distributing giant portions of meals and hygiene parcels, winter clothes, heating gadgets, blankets, kids’s provides, and different important objects.
On twenty second December, the ERC carried out its winter clothes marketing campaign in a number of distant and desert areas in Yemen’s Shabwa Governorate, offering clothes and winter necessities to impoverished households and displaced people.
On eighth January, the ERC introduced its preparations to dispatch a brand new cargo of humanitarian help to Gaza, together with winter clothes, as a part of the UAE’s efforts to assist Palestinians within the Gaza Strip via Operation Chivalrous Knight 3.
In Albania, the ERC distributed winter help via its workplace to 2,415 beneficiaries throughout a number of provinces. The help included wooden heaters and blankets to assist affected households deal with plummeting temperatures and extreme chilly.
The ERC additionally carried out a winter aid marketing campaign for these impacted by freezing climate and heavy snow in Kazakhstan, delivering humanitarian help to 7,500 beneficiaries in a number of areas.
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Basis
In October, the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Basis launched its winter bag initiative, doubling the variety of beneficiaries to 50,000 in comparison with 20,000 final winter.
This yr’s initiative spans 19 international locations, together with Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Iraq, Syria, Gaza, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Russia, Tatarstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania, Mongolia, Nepal, Afghanistan, and Kosovo.
The Winter Equipment consists of blankets, clothes, and different requirements to guard affected people from harsh chilly and cut back the unfold of winter-related diseases, notably amongst kids.
Dubai Charity Affiliation
Dubai Charity Affiliation launched the “Heat their winter along with your generosity” marketing campaign to deal with the dangers of the 2024-2025 winter in a number of international locations throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe, in coordination with native representatives in these international locations.
The marketing campaign goals to supply important provides for households, reminiscent of blankets, winter clothes, gas, coal, heaters, water heaters, mosque heating networks, and housing requirements to safeguard affected individuals from the chilly and cut back the prevalence of winter diseases.
Sharjah Charity Affiliation
Sharjah Charity Affiliation, with assist from Dubai Islamic Financial institution as its humanitarian associate, launched the “Dathironi” marketing campaign in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The marketing campaign goals to guard greater than 7,000 beneficiaries in each international locations from freezing temperatures by distributing heavy clothes, blankets, and numerous heating provides to defend them from the extreme chilly.
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