QRCS and KRCS sign pact to improve shelter, healthcare services for refugees in Bangladesh

Doha: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has signed a cooperation agreement with Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) to execute a project to improve the shelter and health care services provided at the Myanmar refugee camps in Bangladesh.

With an estimated 834,000 beneficiaries, 6,000 of whom will benefit from shelter activities and 828,000 from primary health care and community health services, the new project has a budget of $3m, co-funded by QRCS and Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. The agreement was signed by Ali bin Hassan Al Hammadi, QRCS Secretary-General, and Dr. Hilal Musaed Al Sayer, President of KRCS. The project will be executed in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, in collaboration with Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS).