JHCO concludes first stage of aid campaign in Jerusalem

AMMAN — The Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation (JHCO) on Saturday finished the first stage of distributing humanitarian aid to Jerusalem people, as part of a campaign it launched last year in cooperation with Hayat FM.

Rajab Zubeidah, a counsellor at JHCO, said that an organisation delegation visited East Jerusalem and bought items from the local market, before distributing them to underprivileged families in cooperation with the Jerusalem Zakat committee, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. He noted that the assistance included heaters, blankets and food parcels.

Also on Saturday, JHCO, in cooperation with the Jordanian Armed Forces-Arab Army, dispatched a humanitarian aid convoy to the Gaza Strip. The four-truck aid convoy, a donation from the Baitulmaal USA / Jordan's office, included food parcels and blankets, which will be delivered to the Jordan field hospital for distributing to beneficiaries in the enclave, Petra reported.