Published : 31-05-2017
AGPS, Lebanon
Tension has been running high in AlBadawi Camp, in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, where Palestinian refugees from Syria said the Palestinian Red Crescent at Safad clinic, in partnership with the Kuwaiti Red Crescent, handed them over rotten meals.
The refugees held the Red Crescent Organization responsible for the repercussions of the rotten food distributed to children and civilians in the area.
The refugees added that on the first day of Ramadan they received undercooked meals and that blood appeared on the distributed chicken.
The displaced Palestinians from Syria in AlBadawi Camp agreed to throw the distributed meals, boycott the concerned bodies, and push for prosecuting those held responsible.
Speaking by phone, a Red Crescent representative denied the allegations, saying no cases of intoxication were reported over recent days and that a number of Safad clinic staff members have had the same meals and have been in good health.
The Red Crescent representative attributed the distribution of undercooked food to the team’s intent to prepare meals before AlMighrib (evening) call to prayers, when Muslims break their fast.
The delegate reiterated the organization’s commitment to rally round the Palestinian refugees in an attempt to tone down the crises they have been made to endure in refugee camps. However, he said the organization will cease distribution of meals as a result of the emerging crisis.
AGPS, Lebanon
Tension has been running high in AlBadawi Camp, in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, where Palestinian refugees from Syria said the Palestinian Red Crescent at Safad clinic, in partnership with the Kuwaiti Red Crescent, handed them over rotten meals.
The refugees held the Red Crescent Organization responsible for the repercussions of the rotten food distributed to children and civilians in the area.
The refugees added that on the first day of Ramadan they received undercooked meals and that blood appeared on the distributed chicken.
The displaced Palestinians from Syria in AlBadawi Camp agreed to throw the distributed meals, boycott the concerned bodies, and push for prosecuting those held responsible.
Speaking by phone, a Red Crescent representative denied the allegations, saying no cases of intoxication were reported over recent days and that a number of Safad clinic staff members have had the same meals and have been in good health.
The Red Crescent representative attributed the distribution of undercooked food to the team’s intent to prepare meals before AlMighrib (evening) call to prayers, when Muslims break their fast.
The delegate reiterated the organization’s commitment to rally round the Palestinian refugees in an attempt to tone down the crises they have been made to endure in refugee camps. However, he said the organization will cease distribution of meals as a result of the emerging crisis.
