Adel Lamy: The camp offers the opportunity to host other local community activities until next April

Qatar Charity’s Winter Camp in Shahaniya is hosting the second event Today for Barzan Youth Center, with the participation of 40 students.

The student trip, which includes a number of awareness, recreational and training activities, comes within the framework of the keenness of the QC’s Winter Camp to serve the local community with its all segments, to invest student’s times, especially in the mid-year vacation in cooperation with the youth centers of the Ministry of Culture and Sports and organize family events in cooperation with Qatar Charity Center for Community Development.

A Variety of Activities

Adel Lamy, Director of Public Relations at Qatar Charity, said that since the start of its activity this year, the annual winter camp of Qatar Charity has organized a number of events, such as a series of lectures, workshops and special courses, pointing out that the activities of the camp have been launched since December of last year 2017 and will continue until the month of April 2018, and he urged the relevant parties to join the camp to organize similar events.

He added that the winter camp was opened this year in a friendly meeting held for the QC staff and affiliates, where sports and other competitions took place between employees and their children.

Barzan Youth Camp

QC’s Al-Shahaniya Camp hosted a winter camp, a few days ago, for high school students in cooperation with Barzan Youth Center of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, which lasted for four days with the participation of 40 students, aiming to invest their time and develop their creative, scientific and artistic skills and talents, as well as creating the spirit of a honest competition, promoting the teamwork and cooperating to accomplish various tasks.

Mr. Nasser Mohammed Al Kaabi, Director of the Barzan Youth Center, said that the camp program included cultural, sports, religious, social, scientific and technical activities. The camp focused on promoting positive behaviors and giving due attention to religious duties through awareness sessions dealing with topics that address youth in this stage, such as the fight against smoking and the importance of exercising.

The camp also included organizing two training sessions, one on astronomy, presented by His Excellency Sheikh Salman Bin Jabr Al-Thani, President of the Qatar Center for Space and Astronomy Sciences, while second session was on the development of self-skills and utilization of youth energies, presented by the interviewer Abdullah Al-Buainain, in addition to various types of sports, games and competitions held between the participants, as well as training them on cooking skills to get them rely on themselves.

Women Trip

In the same context, Qatar Charity Center for Community Development, Al Rayyan Branch – Women, organized a recreational trip to Shahaniyah Winter Camp for more than 50 women of the center. The trip included a number of different events and activities characterized by the spirit of cooperation and teamwork. The trip program also included a religious lecture presented by Alawia Hassan on the rewards of bringing happiness and pleasure to Muslims, in addition to entertainment and other competitions, which added an enjoyable atmosphere for the challenge and participation.

Community Programs

It is worth noting that Qatar Charity has been establishing the winter camp for several years, offering an open day to employees, holding spring camps and organizing various events for women's centers.

Training workshops, various programs for orphans, community events organized by the Friends Cultural Center, Qatar Charity football and volleyball tournaments, training camps for middle and high school students are also organized by the winter camp.