Emirates Red Crescent completes housing project in Syria

LATAKIA: The Emirates Red Crescent has completed a 47-prefabricated unit housing project in the Latakia Governorate in Syria, Emirates News Agency reported on Sunday. 

Under the directives of UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the ERC is constructing 1,000 housing units across the governorate worth AED 65 million ($17.7 million). 

The units that have been built feature two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom and utilize solar power to generate electricity.

ERC Secretary-General Hamoud Al-Junaibi said that a committee comprising officials from the local development authority, the Latakia Governorate Council, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, and other relevant authorities was formed to choose families eligible for the housing units.

Amer Hilal, governor of Latakia, thanked the UAE for implementing humanitarian and relief projects in Syria, noting that they had a significant impact on alleviating the suffering of quake victims and assisting them to resume their lives.

Hilal said that Latakia has prepared seven sites for the housing projects and provided them with basic infrastructure including sewerage, electricity and phone networks and services centers. 

Source: arabnews.com