The Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has implemented a Ramadan Iftar food aid project for households affected by conflict, poverty and unemployment in three states of Myanmar, Qatar’s The Peninsula reported on 3 June.
Under the project worth $72,527, QRCS distributed food parcels to 1,825 households or around 12,500 people in three phases. The benefitted areas are  Shan State (Lashio City) with 400 parcels, Rakhine State (Sittwe City) with 1,000 parcels and Mandalay Region (Meiktila District) with 425 parcels.
Each parcel contained 40kg of basic food staples like rice, pasta, vegetable oil, dried beans, canned beef, pepper, onions, garlic, sugar, and condensed milk. The project was implemented by QRCS’s office in Myanmar in operation with Muslim Aid, an international charity established in the UK in 1985 to provide help to people who are victims of natural disasters or conflict or suffering from poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, discrimination, homelessness, debt, unemployment, injustice, deprivation, or lack of skills and economic opportunities, the report said.