Safe corridors opened to deliver aid to Syrians

AMMAN — Secretary General of the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation (JHCO) Ayman Mifleh on Tuesday said that the  JHCO in cooperation with the concerned authorities has sent 37 aid trucks into Syria.

Mifleh told Al Rai and The Jordan Times that he expected the number to double as of Thursday as a result of an agreement to open three safe corridors inside Syria to facilitate the entry of aid for displaced Syrians in cooperation with the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF).

The aid convoys are laden with essential relief and foodstuffs, the daily added.

Following a field visit to the northern frontier on Sunday, Prime Minister Omar Razzaz unveiled a national aid campaign to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian people inside their country. 

On his Twitter account, Razzaz said that the campaign would be administrated through the JHCO with the aim of unifying all relief efforts and sending urgent assistance to the “Syrian brothers inside their country”.

JHCO announced on Monday it would receive donations in its warehouses in Mafraq in order to follow up with the national campaign on supporting people in Syria, which was launched by Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Sunday.

In cooperation with the JAF and other stakeholders, the organisation already started delivering aid convoys which were donated by the Moroccan Mohammad V Foundation for Solidarity.

The JHCO is calling on donors willing to participate in the campaign to contact 0096265523190 or 00962795477354.