Doha: The Volunteering and Local Development Division of Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has distributed hygiene kits to 2,000 municipality and cleaning workers, in coordination with the Ministry of Municipality and Environment’s (MME) Mechanical Equipment Department.
Done in conformity with all coronavirus preventive measures, this activity is part of the ‘Your Health Is A Priority’ initiative, under the ‘Stand Together’ programme, a social welfare scheme for expatriate workers in Qatar.
It is aimed at improving the health conditions among labourers, better integrating them into the community, and encouraging them to observe hygiene standards, in particular during the summer, at a time when the pandemic though coming to an end, still requires concerted efforts to restore normal life again.
Nasser Malallah Al Malki, Head of Volunteers Section at QRCS, said, “This is a joint activity with MME to promote hygiene practices among workers, which would be good for them and for the community at large.
Expatriate workers are one of the top priorities on our local development agenda, especially amid such a universal emergency. In Qatar, things are going back to normalcy gradually, but still we need to keep observing the coronavirus preventive measures.”