QC completes 280 development projects in

1,000,000 People Benefit from

43,200 conflict-affected in Syria, 4,200 orphans’ families in Gaza, 120,000 people from different countries benefited from ‘Your Sacrifice, their Eid’ campaign
El Kuwairi: “We thank the Qatari people for donating to our sacrifices project which made the needy of 52 countries the world over happy

Around 1,000,000 people benefited from the sacrifices campaign for the year 1436 AH which QC implemented and called ‘Your Sacrifices, their Eid’ at a cost of around 14,000,000 QR.

Mr. Youssef Bin Ahmed El Kuwairi, QC’s CEO, expressed the relief he felt because the sacrifices project was successful. QC implemented this campaign with the help of its partners in 52 countries from around the world, including Qatar. It was able to make so many needy and low-income families, who could not provide their children with meat, happy.

The affected who suffered from exceptional circumstances were prioritized such as the Syrians inside Syria, the Syrian refugees in the neighboring countries, the Gaza Strip, Yemen, Somalia, etc.

El Kuwairi said, “I am mostly thankful to those who donated for this project in Qatar, and I pray Allah that He accept their good work and reward them. Most certainly, their donations were the reason behind making the needy happy and achieving social teamwork in Qatar.”

QC had already distributed more than 28,300 sacrifices during the season, which meant 500 tons of meat in 52 countries. More than 43,200 families inside Syria benefited from the project. It was implemented in Damascus and its countryside, Idlib and its countryside, Al Rastan, Al Houla and Talbiseh in the countryside of Aleppo, in the countrysides of Hama, of Lattakia, of Daraa, and Quneitra. In addition, 4,200 orphans’ families from the Gaza Strip and 120,000 Somalis benefited from the project.

Other countries in which the project was implemented:

Palestine, the Palestinian camps abroad, Iraq, Jordan, Qatar, Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, Sudan, Rwanda, Uganda, Malawi, Burundi, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Tanzania, Mali, Togo, Nepal, India, Chad, Central Africa, Angola, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, Yemen, Bangladesh, Benin , The Gambia, Namibia, Lesotho, Sri Lanka, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Congo, South Africa, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan , Indonesia, Kosovo, Comoros Islands, Albania, the Philippines, Ghana, Bosnia, Ethiopia, and Georgia.

QC inaugurated a special campaign for pilgrimage and Eid Al Adha for this year (1436 AH). It included distributing the sacrifices inside and outside Qatar, giving people the chance to perform substitute Hajj, and distributing Eid clothing. Tens of thousands of people will benefit from this project.

The project was also implemented inside Qatar on the third and fourth days of Eid Al Adha. 2,500 sacrifices were distributed from which 12,000 people benefited, including 668 sponsored families with limited income.

Some of the Qatari volunteers helped in the distribution. In addition, QC, for the first time, offered delivery service using refrigerated cars. The sacrifices were given to the beneficiaries at their homes in Khor, Al-Shahaniya, Industrial Area (Sanaiya), and other areas inside Qatar.

This project also targeted the orphans’ and the low-income families, the indebted, the laborers, the divorced, Ramila Hospital’s inpatients, the laborers, courts, the bank, the mail, Al Qahira School, Al Cilia territory, and Abu Hamur territory and the Indian, Egyptian, Yemeni and Philippine communities.

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QC Implements Relief Projects

QC’s office in Jakarta intervened to help the Rohingya families who were washed up on the beach of Indonesia while trying to escape from their countries.
QC offered the Rohingya refugees food, clothes, water and school bags for children. It also dug for them 3 wells and offered their children some school bags.

QC helped save the Rohingya refugees who fled their countries because of the oppression they suffered from there. 1,090 refugees benefited from QC’s project.

Hundreds of the Muslim Rohingya families were washed to the coast of Aceh in Indonesia. They were disoriented for having spent few days in the sea without food, mattresses or covers.

Providing Water

The second QC saw what was happening to the families in Indonesia, it distributed to them dry and cooked foodstuffs, clothes, cleaning tools (such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste and toothbrush), and school bags for around 200 children.

QC dug 3 wells to provide the refugees with drinking water through cisterns but with limited quantities.

Children’s Sufferings

1,090 Rohingya refugees in Indonesia benefited from QC’s relief project. The aids covered the refugees living in the shelters of the Northern Aceh, Eastern Aceh, Nijsa, and Aceh Tamiang. The refugees were provided with rice, sugar, oil, vermicelli, tea, dates and other basic foodstuffs. The project was implemented at a cost of 200,000QR

Through this project, QC hopes to alleviate the refugees’ sufferings and help the children feel safe once again. They all have been through a difficult time and difficult circumstances.

QC’s Message

Mr. Karam Zeinhom, QC’s Office Director in Indonesia, said that QC has always proven itself committed to helping refugees and needy people. “Aiding those people is a priority to us. We will do our best to make sure they are saved and in good conditions. We cooperate with different governments, organizations and countries to help all the people who are conflict-affected or are suffering from natural disasters. This is our message at QC: to help the needy. Assisting the refugees in Indonesia is only a part of what we aim at. We’ll never stop offering our hand and support,” said he.

Continuous Giving

QC’s office in Indonesia was opened more than ten years ago after Tsunami hit the region in 2004. It implements relief and developmental projects there. During the first half of 2015, the office was able to implement more than 258 projects in the fields of health, water, education, orphans sponsorship, shelter and mosques at a cost of more than 6,500,000QR. Health projects were implemented at a cost of 55,000QR, shelter projects for the needy at a cost of 84,000QR, 218 wells and toilets at a cost of 958,000QR, 36 built mosques at a cost of more than 3,000,000QR, a school at a cost of 350,000, and or 2,500 orphans sponsorship at a cost of 1,500,000QR for the first quarter of the year.

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QC Supports Agricultural Coope

QC continues to fight unemployment through implementing and supporting income-generating projects, and contributing to the enhancement of food situation in the poor societies. In the Comoros, for example, QC’s office supported one of the agricultural cooperatives there.

The Cooperative is taking place in Azew in the north of Ngazidja Island. Its members include some young farmers and graduates from agricultural institutes. QC’s support was through cultivating and planting a 10-hectare field, planting fruit trees (1,000 banana trees, 6,000 sugarcanes, and 500 pineapple trees), different vegetables and potato.

The equipment was delivered to the cooperative during a ceremony held by QC in the Comoros. Several senior figures attended such as His Excellency Mr. Jaber Nasser Al Na’imi, Chargé d'affaires of Qatar Embassy in Moroni; the Commissioner of the Ministry of Agriculture in the Comoros, some local officials from the North of Ngazidja Island and Mr. Mahfouz Zmirlin, QC’s Office Director there.

In his speech, the Commissioner of the Ministry of Agriculture commended Qatar’s efforts in supporting the people of the Comoros and praised the Qatari charity organizations in general and QC in particular for its distinguished projects. QC has implemented projects to fight unemployment and poverty, to reinforce the youth in the field of agricultural cooperatives, and to enhance the food and economic statuses of the country. He also encouraged QC to implement more agricultural projects.

This project is beneficial in so many ways; it plays a role in enhancing the food situation of the people of the Comoros, it is part of the income-generating projects, it fights diseases caused by malnutrition, it helps the unemployed become more independent, it contributes to the development of the countryside and the local economy, it is expected to contribute to the increase of vegetables and fruits and to provide them in the local market thus increase the poor farmers’ income.

In the Comoros, agriculture is considered to be a conventional occupation. It depends on rainy seasons and is greatly connected to the difficult circumstances. It usually costs a lot which makes the youth give up on it as a profession and go look for a better job opportunity in another country.

In 2012, QC announced the inauguration of 430 income-generation projects through supporting poor families. QC did so through offering benevolent loans to help the people start small economic projects at a cost of 126,800 QR. Furthermore, QC supported and developed the infrastructure of the country’s institutions. At a cost of 876,849,3 QR, QC provided them with a building for official meetings in Moheli, and maintained the road connecting Wanani city with Nioumachoua (17 Km) so as to achieve social communication and encourage tourism.

In the past few years, QC equipped and repaired some of the schools and hospitals on the Comoros at a cost of more than 2,000,000 QR. The projects include 26 primary schools in Moheli which comprises 81 classrooms at a cost of around 1,500,000 QR. In addition, the projects were implemented to maintain 4 medical clinics at a cost of more than 500,000 QR.

It is worth mentioning that QC was the first humanitarian organization to open a field office in Moroni, the Capital of the Comoros, in 2010 in order to be able to supervise the humanitarian and developmental projects it is planning to implement in the coming years.

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QC Drills 70 Wells in Niger in

Water projects are a priority in Niger because 50% of its people do not have clean water
QC's offices own water-well drillers in Somalia, Niger, Burkina Faso and Sudan, which reinforces their work in the water and sanitation sectors.

In 2015, QC was able to drill 70 wells in Niger through which it provided drinking water to 35,750 families and the cattle they own at a cost of around 2,500,000 QR.

The water in Niger, where the climate is dry, is considered one of the severest problems its inhabitants suffer from. 50 % of its people do not get drinking water. Therefore, water projects are a priority for Niger and other humanitarian organizations, including QC.

Great Needs

Mr. Mohammed Taher Al Sweibqi, QC's Office Director in Niger, said that the water projects QC implemented in Niger saved the lives of so many families. "QC's water projects provided drinking water for multiple regions where the total number of beneficiaries reached 35,750 families. The cattle the families own and the surrounding areas benefited as well," added he.

Mr. Al Sweibqi thanked the philanthropists and donors from Qatar who have been very generous with the donations they make. "Your donations help revive the cities where the wells are dug, where the rate of poverty reached 60%. The Nigerians' need for drinking water is still great, which is why more donations should be made," said he.

The drilled wells vary to include artesian aquifers and shallow wells; some wells are supplied with solar energy, others with electricity. These wells were drilled in several areas such as Zinder, Maradi, Tillabéri, and Dosso; the distances between these areas and Niamey differ and the farthest of some is 1,000 Km. Plus, 6 wells were drilled in Niamey, the Capital.

Teachers' Institutes

Some wells are drilled to meet the needs of the schools, institutes, and the surrounding areas. Mr. Al Sweibqi participated in the official opening ceremony of a training institute for the teachers in Niamey. He was accompanied by Aïssata Issoufou Mahamadou, the First Lady, the Minister of Education and a number of officials after QC had drilled a well supplied with solar energy at the same institute.

During the opening, Niger's Minister of Education said, "The artesian aquifer project QC implemented in the institute for training teachers came as a real solution to the water problem the institute and the people surrounding it used to suffer from. I sincerely thank QC for its efforts. It helped so many people overcome such a severe problem."

Private Drillers

QC's implementation of water projects was reinforced in the beginning of 2015 when the office bought a German driller to dig artesian aquifers. The driller was of high quality and specifications. It cost 1,500,000 QR. A training course was organized for the workers and the people responsible for the driller in order to reinforce QC's efforts in Niger. The driller contributed to the increase in the number of drilled wells QC is planning to dig in the following years, and it will also contribute to the reduction of costs.

It is worth noting that in 2014, QC drilled more than 45 different types of wells; some had manual pumps, some depended on electricity and others on solar energy. The total cost of the implementation of these wells was around 2,100,000 QR. The number of beneficiaries exceeded 35,600 people. In addition, the total number of drilled wells until the end of 2014 reached 264 at a total cost of more than 9,000,000 QR from which around 318,170 people benefited.

QC's offices own water-well drillers in Somalia, Niger, Burkina Faso and Sudan which reinforces their work in the water and sanitation sectors. Many wells were drilled using these drillers to secure drinking water for the beneficiaries.

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QC Alleviates the Sufferings o

Al Ka'bi, "We thank the Qatari philanthropists for helping provide water for our Yemeni brothers and sisters whose water network is down and does not have fuel."

QC has finished operating 8 new wells in Taiz, Yemen. The city has been suffering from shortages in water because of the war and siege.

Around 118,950 people benefited from the wells. However, figures show that such number will increase after some of the displaced Yemenis will return, especially that they have water now.

The rehabilitated wells are spread in multiple areas in Taiz which are: Al Wihda Well, second main well in the city; Montazah At-Ta'won well in Al Masbah; Al Batoul Mosque well in Wadi Al Qadi; Al Mutaher Mosque well in Al Nusayriyah; Dar Al Quran Mosque well in Al Uwadi St.; As-Saqa Mosque well in Al Tahreer Al A'la; Al Ghofran Mosque well in 26 September St.; and Ar-Rawdah Hospital tanks in Ar-Rawdah.

Taiz is considered one of the biggest cities in Yemen considering its population. It is also the one suffering the most. Because of the siege, its people are suffering from a dire shortage in drinking water and the absence of an infrastructure. Such conditions led QC to implement a water project in cooperation with Sobol Charitable and Development Foundation.

Mr. Mohammed Al Ka'bi, QC's Director of Relief Management, said that QC has always proven itself committed to serving its brothers and sisters in Yemen. "Providing drinking water is one of the most important fields we have to cover. So many of the inhabitants suffer from dire shortage in food and medication as well," said he.

Mr. Al Ka'bi thanked the Qatari philanthropists and good-doers residing in Qatar for their great efforts. "Such donations reflect the true face of Qatar: the giving community that never needs a second thought to help others in need. The Qataris carry out their religious and moral duties towards the people in need around the world," he added.

"Yemen We Are With You"

When the crisis first started, QC inaugurated a campaign entitled 'Yemen We Are With You' to provide the Yemenis with food and medication. It distributed water to many affected regions and covered 10 governorates. More than 100,000 families benefited from its project which was implemented at more than 2,000,000 QR. QC also distributed water tanks in Aden who suffered from a shortage in water.

In 2015, more than 936,000 people benefited from the aids allocated to Yemen which cost 24,700,000 QR.

Crisis Conference

Last week, Doha concluded the events of the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen Conference: Challenges and Prospects of Response. It was organized by QC in partnership with 13 humanitarian regional and international organizations. More than 90 regional and international humanitarian organizations and more than 150 experts and specialized attended the conference.

The total sum of donations collected in the conference reached 223,000,000 USD; 118,000,000 of which were from Qatari groups. The conference announced a group of initiatives covering 8 vital fields: coordination, protection, health, education, water and sanitation, food and nutrition, shelter, in-kind supplies and livelihoods.

Supporting Water Sector

The papers discussed the achievements in the sectors of water, sanitation and cleanliness throughout the crisis. One of the achievements is establishing the Joint Fund for Humanitarian financing; it's 41.76% financed (41,862,000 USD); however, there is a gap of 58.24% (i.e. 58,373,000 USD).

The participants pointed to the most significant challenges from which the sectors of water suffer from, which is the difficulty in finding alternate and clean resources; and the rehabilitation expenses and risks of further damage. Figures show that 7,400,000 people are in urgent need in the fields of water and sanitation at a budget of around 158,400,000 USD.

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Qatar Charity Opens the Second

The Deputy Chairman of the Jawa Governor:

“Thanks for the State of Qatar for funding educational and residential projects needed by our society".

The Ambassador of the State of Qatar in Indonesia:

"We wish that Qatar Charity continues in its quality projects that make a difference in the lives of people".

Al Kaabi:

"We promise to expand the projects of integrated compounds so as to make good prevail to all".
More than 555 students are studying The Holy Quran at Al- Nour Model school.

Qatar Charity opened the second phase of Al-Nour' model village in Indonesia as part of QC distinctive projects in Indonesia. It includes a school of two floors, 10 houses for teachers, an accommodation for up to 70 students, a hall for activities and lectures, and a shop store.

The first phase of this project has been opened in 2010 and included 100 residential units, a school, a clinic and a mosque. The total costs of the first phase of the project was 3,671,000 Qatari Riyals, whereas the current second phase exceeded the sum of 1.5 million Riyals.

The opening ceremony was attended by a large group of governmental officials and civil society institutions in Indonesia. Moreover, the ceremony was also attended by his Excellency, the Ambassador Mohammad Bin Khater Al-Khater, Mr. Mohammad al-Kaabi; the Manager of the Department of Relief in Qatar Charity, and the donors of the sons of the deceased Mohammad Jasem Al-Kawari -may Allah have mercy upon him, who were keen to attend to pray for and honor their parents.

Among the Indonesian governmental officials who attended the cenrmony were, Dr. Cellica Nurrachadiana, the Government Mayoress of "Karawang" city where the village was built. She has thanked the donors and Qatar Charity for this achievement and wished that this work continues. She also said that the two primary and secondary schools in this village will have their impact extended for the children of the neighboring villages. She indicated that the mayoralty of the city is ready to contribute to the removal of any obstacles to establish such scientific monuments.

The Deputy Head of the province of West Jawa, Dr. Ahmed Hadadi expressed his hope that such projects are prevailed in the governorate of West Jawa, which suffers much shortage of housing projects and schools. He also greeted the donors for selecting the most important areas needed practically by the society. He said:" Knowledge establishes geat nations and we in Indonesia are in need of the knowledge, learning and educational renaissance in future. We are thankful for every effort exerted in that area, wishing that other institutions follow the model of Qatar Charity in the selection of the projects types and quality".

On his part, his Excellency, the Ambassador Mohammad al-Khater thanked the donor and Qatar Charity for the permanent distinction in the projects held in Indonesia. He has also indicated the importance of the continuation of these exerted efforts to provide better services for a better future for the Indonesian society.

Mr. Iman Santos, the Chairman of the board council of Al-Nour village reported: "This day is one of the happiest days in my life.” He believes in the necessity of the completing the second phase of the project as the number of male and female students in school is now 180 students. The number is expected to double in the next school year after building the second school". He has also mentioned that ten students have memorized the Holy the Quran by heart in the past two years and there are many male and female students on their way to memorize the Qur'an as well. The school administration teaches the students in the morning session and educates them in the evening session as the students live inside the residential complex of the village.

On his part, Mr. Mohammad Al-Kaabi, the Relief Department manager of the executive management operations in Qatar charity, expressed his pleasure and joy for attending the opening of this complex and promised of expanding of the projects of the integrated complexes in the future which include schools, dormitories, mosques, and clinics for the good to all village residents and neighbors.

In his speech, Mr. Karam Zainhum, the Director of Qatar Charity in Indonesia has extended his thanks to all State institutions for facilitating the proceedings of this edifice donated by philanthropists. He said: "This two- phased-complex is distinguished for being a project of honoring parents that we must all learn from in dealing with parents whether they're alive or dead. He has also pointed out that in this complex there are more than 555 students, learning, praying and reading the holy Qur'an. He ended his words praying to Allah to double the reward of parents in each prostration, each Quranic verse, and recited word in this residential complex.

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QC completes 280 development projects in Indonesia in five months