Interior Minister Prince Ahmed, who is general supervisor of the National Fundraising Campaign for Syrians (NFCS), has ordered the preparation of temporary housing units for Syrians in Jordan with immediate effect in cooperation with the UN Higher Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Some 2,500 housing units will be prepared for Syrians at a cost of SR 28.125 million, adviser to the minister and head of the NFCS Saed Al-Harithy was quoted by Saudi Press Agency as saying.
The implementation of the project comes in light of field studies and in cooperation with a series of regional and international organizations engaged in accommodation and sheltering areas.
The campaign is aimed at securing suitable sheltering facilities for Syrian families based on international standards where housing units are designed to be more easily movable and constructable anywhere, he said.
The housing units will be constructed at Al-Zatari Camp in Jordan which is considered the biggest shelter for Syrian refugees in Jordan. All required services and facilities will be provided to these units through joint work with humanitarian organizations in Jordan, he said.
Prince Ahmed recently ordered an immediate relief program for Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Turkey.
The SR 19.98 million program, which comes under the first phase of Saudi relief programs for Syrians, will supply family and children with food packets and health kits in the two countries.
Meanwhile, the NFCS campaign is continuing its collection of donations through the National Commercial Bank (NCB) and is receiving donations in kind at the campaign’s warehouses in Riyadh and Jeddah round the clock.
The Saudi Press Agency reported that the campaign, which was launched by King Abdullah, raised more than SR 600 million. Donations to the NFCS can be sent to NCB account SA2310000020188888000100.
Prince Ahmed also called for the implementation of a comprehensive health project for Syrian refugees in Jordan at a cost of SR 20 million.
The project includes establishment of health centers and mobile clinics as well as appointing specialist doctors and health workers, providing ambulances to the refugee camps and supplying medicine as well as medical equipment.
Al-Harithy said the project would be implemented with the help of national and international organizations and institutions that work in the field of health.
Thousands of people have fled Syria as a result of the ongoing battle between the Syrian regime and the opposition Free Syrian Army.
