Qatar Charity establishes education center for orphans in Nairobi

Qatar Charity (QC), with the support of the people in Qatar, is implementing the Mahanju Multi-Service Education Center project in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, which is one of the significant projects Qatar Charity is about to complete.

The center has many service facilities that aim to rehabilitate orphans and their families by teaching them basic crafts, raise the percentage of school attendance by orphans and reduce the rate of school dropout resulting from poverty.

The 1200 square meter center contains eight classrooms, four halls as student dormitories, two training and rehabilitation halls, a restaurant, a mosque, and an artesian well, along with other essential facilities. The project also includes a model boarding primary school and a kindergarten. Some 1,000 students are expected to benefit from this project.

The project is under implementation in a populated area, where more than 45% of the people is middle-class, and 55% of the population is low-income, while the unemployment rate is 46%. The area also lacks basic services such as health, sanitation and clean drinking water, in addition to a shortage of schools.

The number of those sponsored by Qatar Charity in Kenya reached 4,300 orphans by the end of 2018.

 It is worth mentioning that Qatar Charity has implemented hundreds of programmes, projects and activities in Kenya, most notably relief projects for refugees, the displaced, and flood victims, in addition to education, water, and economic empowerment projects for needy families in different parts of the country.