Qatar Charity project to tackle heat wave to benefit 9,000 people in Nepal

Published: 9 August 2024

Umbrellas, water coolers, drinking water, food vouchers etc distributed to rural communities

NT Bureau
Doha

Qatar Charity (QC) has implemented a project to tackle the heat wave in Nepal, benefiting more than 9,000 people from rural communities in a number of areas there.

Qatar Charity (QC) said in a statement on Wednesday that the project, which was implemented with financial support from the UK Aid program and through the Start Nepal Fund, included distributing basic supplies and umbrellas to students to protect them from heat waves, installing water coolers and providing drinking water in schools and public institutions, in addition to providing food vouchers to daily wage workers and distributing free clean drinking water to thousands of street vendors, local res-idents and cart drivers.

Through this project, Qatar Charity (QC) aims to meet the needs of vulnerable groups, reduce the im-pact of heat waves on rural communities and enhance their resilience through awareness campaigns on the necessary preventive measures for personal protection, by disseminating educational materials and information.

The project is being implemented as the low-lying western regions of Nepal have faced an unprece-dented challenge with extreme heat waves this summer, causing temperatures to rise above 43 de-grees Celsius.