DOHA: Qatar Airways, in partnership with Qatar Charity and Monoprix Qatar – a member of Ali Bin Ali Holding – has delivered an aid programme that enabled citizens and residents of Qatar to donate almost 100 tonnes of food and other essential supplies to Sudan following the devastating floods in the country.
Ever since the aid programme was launched on 12 September, thousands of Qatari citizens and residents purchased items from Monoprix Qatar’s store on talabat from a special Qatar Airways Box for Sudan. Monoprix Qatar and talabat delivered the boxes to Qatar Airways Cargo at Hamad International Airport (HIA).
Qatar Airways Cargo shipped the donated essential supplies free of charge from Doha to Khartoum on freighter flight QR8792 on 17 September. Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker was at HIA while the aircraft was being loaded with supplies.
He was joined by Sudan’s Ambassador to Qatar Abdulrahim Al Sediq, Qatar Charity (QC) CEO Yousef bin Ahmed Al Kuwari and HIA COO Badr Al Meer. The donations will be distributed on the ground in Sudan by QC.
Devastating floods
Al Baker said: “The devastating impact of the floods is being felt across the country, with hundreds of thousands of people affected. I have been touched by the large volume of donations from our employees and members of the public in Qatar who have come together as a community to support our brothers and sisters in Sudan.”
He added: “We hope this community initiative, combined with our special cargo relief flight, will support as many people as possible and I thank our partners for their support in these efforts.”
Al Kuwari said: “QC continues distributing relief aid to those affected by Sudan’s worst flooding in a century, aiming to reach the largest number of people most in need under the supervision of the Regulatory Authority for Charitable Activities.”