QC finished filming the third edition of its reality TV show 'One Heart' near the Turkey-Syria borders. Several famous people were in the show such as Dr. Salman Al Ouda and a group of media, dawa and sports stars from Qatar, the Gulf and the Arab World. The show will be displayed during the coming Ramadan 1437 AH.

"One Heart" TV show aims at introducing the humanitarian issues to the public, and attracting support in a spiritual and exciting manner. It will include lots of adventures and surprises. It also presents solutions in a creative way.

Awen Initiative

This year, the program focused on the sufferings of the Syrian refugees, considering their issue the greatest of all disasters around the world. The members visited the refugees' camps near the Turkey-Syria borders in multiple areas of Ghazi, Gaziantep, Antakya, Kilis and others. In cooperation and coordination with the regional partners of QC there, the teams paid multiple visits to QC's projects in Turkey which target this group of people.

The program also sought to show Turkey's huge role, as a country and people, in taking care of and sheltering the Syrian refugees. Turkey offered them relief aids, medications and free education. It also established camps for them. Turkey is considered the country with the biggest number of Syrian refugees; i.e. an average of more than 3,000,000 refugees found across the different Turkish cities and territories.

During the show, Dr. Al Ouda and the participants spoke about Awen Initiative for the Empowerment and Development of Syrian Refugees which was recently released by QC. They clarified the different aspects of this initiative; especially relating to improving charity work and moving it from relief aids stage to become sustainable development. It aims at improving the Syrians' capabilities and training them so as to work and become financially independent. This way, a healthy society would be built, clear of any social diseases which had broken many societies apart.

The activities which showed the great efforts of the participating teams were related to displaying the success stories of the Syrian refugees in Turkey. Some of them became merchants, others became employees; some others worked in agriculture, raising cattle and other arts and crafts.

The Three Teams

In addition to Sheikh Salman Ouda, the number of participants reached around 15 figures divided into 3 teams. The first is: 'Al Karama (White) Team' and consists of Uqeil Jinahi, a Journalist; Firas AlKhatib, International Football Player; Mohammed Abbas, Munshid; Mohammed Al Barak, Quran Reciter; and Siwar Al Thahab, Sports Commentator.

The second team is 'Al Nakhwa (Green) Team': Sheikh Khaled Abu Mooza, a Journalist, Preacher and a Businessman; Yehya Hawa, a Munshid; Ali Al Ghatayen, a Poet; Nasser Al Weiber, a Poet; and Mohammed Sa'don Al Kuwairi, QC's Ambassador and a Journalist.

The third team is 'Al Himma (Blue) Team': Nasser Al Khalifi, a Journalist; Ibrahim Al Naqib, a Munshid; Sabbah Al Kuwairi, a Journalist; Nayef Al Sharhan, a Munshid; and Adel Lami, an International Football Player.

The Earlier Seasons

"One Heart 3" is distinguished with the variety of activities it presents. The 3 teams met with orphans, people with disabilities, widows, elderly and tens of other humanitarian cases. They were interested in educational, health, shelter, economic empowerment, social care and income-generating projects implemented specially for the refugees. 

Through the show, invitations will be sent for participation and donations through QC's channels such as its hotline, text messages, websites and QC's bank account which will be later on announced (after receiving the necessary licenses).

The second season of One Heart was filmed in Sudan; while the first was filmed in Socotra the year before that. 

Qatar Charity has launched the third round of "Competitors" weekly radio program, which is produced in partnership with Qatar Holy Quran Radio and the participation of universities, colleges and academies students in Qatar. Aljazeera Café in the Cultural District “Katara” hosted the celebration to announce the beginning of the third round of the competition between Aspire Academy Team and the Leaders Academy Team. Moreover, both the Community College Team and the College of the North Atlantic Team, who competed in the second round, and succeeded in building three schools for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, and 9 hospitals and health facilities in Kyrgyzstan, were also honored during the ceremony.

Mr. Nayef Al-Shammari, Head of Leaders Academy Team, said that they decided to participate in the third round of Competitors Program sponsored by Qatar Charity (International Charity Organization) after making sure of the nobility of the competition’s goal, noting that the Leaders Academy Team came to compete in the competition relying on the confidence of participating students.

Excellent experience and skill

Dr. Ali Ayoub, Head of Aspire Academy Team, said that Aspire Academy students are pioneers in leadership field as they learnt a lot from the true Islamic values and the Aspire Academy values which are based on respect and responsibility. Competitors Program will constitute an incentive to our students whom we expect to win in the competition due to their excellent experience and skill.

Enriching experience

On the occasion of winning the first place, Mr. Munadi Alka’bi, Head of Community College Team, said that the most important thing achieved by the team is participating in the charity work field. Alka’bi pointed out that winning the first place is not as important as providing education to 1500 students of our Syrian brothers through building three schools in Lebanon. That is the true winning!

Alka’bi added that participation in this competition had a good impact on the team and added a lot to their knowledge.

Distinguishing mark

Mr. Abdul Rahman Saleh Alashqar, Head of the College team of the North Atlantic, congratulated the winning team, pointing out that the College team of the North Atlantic fought in a fair competition with a noble goal. Although it came in the second place but still achieved the desired goal including marketing for building seven hospitals in Kyrgyzstan, which became nine hospitals later, thanks to the great efforts of the team. We left a distinguished mark, which could be seen through the broad smiles on the children’s and adults’ faces.

Qatar Charity(International Humanitarian Organization) has completed its preparations to launch the second edition of the “Future’s Writers” Program following the success of its first edition in the last academic year.

The second edition will allow larger segments of society, including male and female youth, to participate in the program, opening up to a broader spectrum of governmental and non-governmental bodies for coordination and partnership.

Partners

Mr. Ali Ibrahim Al Ghareeb, Executive Director of Local Operations Department at Qatar Charity said that Qatar Charity has completed its preparations to launch the second edition of the program, which will be characterized by greater openness to the different segments of society, including male and female.

Al Ghareeb added that the program will consist of two main categories: adolescents (12-16 years) and youth (17-20 years), pointing out that the competition will be held between March and mid-May of this year and the same conditions and stages applied on the first edition, will be applicable to the second one too.

He also said that the second edition will be launched under the generous patronage of Barwa Bank, noting that Qatar Charity sought coordination and partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Sports, Qatar University, Qatari Forum For Authors, Dar Roza and the Khair Jalees Book Club to implement the program, in a way that ensures its success.

He explained that Qatar Charity aims, through this program’ to contribute to enriching the cultural scene, developing and advancing the Qatari society, spreading the culture of reading and improving writing and authoring skills, especially among children and youth.

Attention of the Ministry of Culture

Earlier this month, Dar Al-Kutub Al-Qatariyah hosted a discussion session, organized by the Qatari Forum For Authors, on the first edition of the “Future’s Writers” Program, in the presence of His Excellency Mr. Salah Bin Ghanim Al Ali, Minister of Culture and Sports, representatives of the participating bodies, and a large number of creative writers in addition to Saleh Ghareeb.

The Minister of Culture and Sports stressed during the session that writers and authors should be responsible for making a positive change in society through the production of knowledge, so that Qatar will remain as an example of the moral excellence, hoping that the next generation will be the best to serve the country at the cultural and intellectual level.

First Edition of the Program

The first edition of the “Future’s Writers” Program has achieved many of its objectives and was also praised and promoted by a number of well-known bodies and personalities including the Minister of Culture and Sports, Mr. Salah Bin Ghanim Al Ali.

It is worth noting that six stories have been announced as winners in the first edition of the "Future’s Writers" Program for the academic year 2016-2017, which was implemented at the level of schools in Qatar in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Qatar University and Khair Jalees Book Club.