Qatar Charity Hands Over 1000 Housing Units to Floods Victims in Pakistan

Islamabad, April 10 (QNA) - Qatar Charity has handed over 1000 units of temporary shelter for victims affected by floods in southern Pakistan's Punjab province in the context of the community mobilization shared with citizens. As of this month Qatar Charity started building 3000 housing units as part of its second relief phase "early recovery" .
Governor of Rajnbur Mahmoud Hassan praised the efforts made by Qatar Charity since the early days of the disaster to alleviate the burden on the affected people, valuing their contribution of 1000 housing units to provide temporary shelter, to address the effects of the disaster and to enable those affected to resume their lives.
For its part, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OTCHA) hailed the distinguished role played by Qatar Charity in providing shelter for those affected by the floods and urged other organizations to benefit from Qatar Charity's leading experience in this area.
It is worth mentioning that Qatar Charity started last October the second relief phase "early recovery" at a cost of 37.5 million riyals, and which is expected to benefit 307,000 affected people including the provision of shelter and ownership of income-generating projects in addition to the reconstruct schools destroyed by the floods.
The provision of temporary shelter for one family costs SR 2700.