The Chief of Corie Municipality in Niger honored QC for the efforts the latter exerts in developing the region. QC has been doing so from 2008- 2015. The honoring event took place in Corie, 70 km from Niamey; a number of senior figures attended.

Mr. Amiro Hamed, County Chief; Mr. Hamadu Salivo, the Mayor; Mr. Hima Amadu, Mayor Deputy; and Mr. Hassan Eissa, Secretary General; attended the honoring event in addition to many directors and village chiefs of the region.

The Municipality Council announced that the intervention expenses QC paid for the region were approximately 3,463,413 QR; making QC the best organization that has greatly contributed to the development and rehabilitation of Corie. QC was able to help the inhabitants level up their living standards through depending on income-generating projects.

QC chose Corie for its intervention projects because of its agricultural nature; the people of Corie depend on farming and raising cattle. Therefore, it makes a suitable environment, for it has good lands, water and people willing to work.

As part of the benevolent loans program, multiple projects were implemented. They included supplying the grain banks with 606 tons of grains, distributing 3,749 sheep and 580 cows, offering sewing machines, and supporting 72 small business projects. QC also distributed seeds, manure and forage.

In addition, these developmental projects included establishment projects such as the establishment of a health center in Babussai village, the drilling of 6 artisan aquifers with manual pumps, the drilling of 2 artisan aquifers with a tank and networks functioning on solar energy, the establishment of 5 mosques and a Quran memorization center.

Food Security

QC first implemented Food Security program in Niger in the beginning of 2007. Since then, this project has been in effect. It was first inaugurated because of the food crises Niger suffered from due to drought. Around 800,000 people benefited from this program. It focused mainly on income-generating projects related to agriculture and ranching; and on cooperatives.

This huge awareness program came as a response to Donors Forum which was held in January 2007 in Doha.  They pleaded for the support of Niger to help it overcome its food crises which continuously threaten its people. Furthermore, this program was initiated around the same time QC opened its office there.

This project, that was implemented 8 years ago, is considered one of the most distinguished, strategic projects that contributed to the fight against poverty and that helped in providing food security.

Water Projects

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. Niger's weather is generally dry; and water-related problems were the greatest issues the people of Niger suffered from. 50 % of the inhabitants did not receive clean drinking water. Therefore, water projects in Niger are considered a priority to the humanitarian organizations, including QC. 

Sponsorships

248,160,000 QR were donated for the sponsorship of orphans in 2015. The amount was entirely spent on the sponsored orphans and other charity activities QC carries out in the Arab and Islamic countries.

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As QC continues to implement water projects in countries where the people suffer from shortages in and scarcity of water, it established a desalination plant in Bangladesh for the benefit of more than 20,000 people.

"Paigasa Desalination Plant" produces around 80,000 liters of water for drinking and home use. Not less than 20,000 people benefit from this project which cost 20,000 QR.

Water Projects

Engineer Khalid Al Yaf'i, Director of Operations Management at QC's Executive Management, said, "The water plants QC implements in countries that suffer from shortages in and lack of water are vitally important since they help save the lives of people, animals and plants. Through such projects, QC aims at contributing to lessening the negative impacts of drought and use of polluted water which helps enhance the public health, mainly for children and women, since the use of polluted water helps increase the diseases that spread".

Five Excavators

Engineer Khalid also mentioned how QC owns a number of excavators that are used for drilling deep artesian wells in Sudan, Burkina Faso and Niger. "QC has recently signed a cooperation agreement with the German company 'Buhak' so to improve the technologies used in extracting water in Africa. QC implemented a manufacturing and importing two excavators project for Somalia and Mauritania at a cost of 3,378,612 QR," he added.

Dr. Mohammed Amine Hafith, Director of QC's office in Bangladesh, said, "Although in the south west of Bangladesh there are plenty amounts of water, the water is extremely salty. As a result, the people of these areas find it difficult to have drinking water and water for home use".

Artesian Wells

He also said that QC has already tried to fix the situation and took the drilling of thousands of deep artesian wells as a first step. Those wells were more than 300 meters deep in the ground. "That was not enough, however, for responding to all demands. Some areas lacked drinking water even after digging thousands of meters in the ground. After a careful study, QC was able to find other alternatives to meet the needs of these areas. It ad two options: either to bring water from tens of kilometers away through pipes, or to establish water desalination plants. It was agreed that QC would establish the plants because the other option was very expensive and required long time to reach the lands".

Previous Efforts

QC has already drilled more than 7,000 artesian wells in Bangladesh at a cost of more than 20,000,000 QR. Around 1,000,000 people benefit from those wells. In addition, QC implemented 12 projects for irrigation and drinking water at a cost of around 2,000,000 QR. These projects were implemented for the people living in dry areas in the north west of Bangladesh. From October and until April, these areas suffer from drought and lack irrigation and drinking water exposing the people of these areas to thirst and stopping them from farming their lands. As a result, the people's sufferings and needs increase. In order to overcome such problems, QC drilled the wells, supplied them with networks and provided the necessary equipment for water connection with their lands and for the irrigation of their farms and for their drinking purposes as well.

Thousands of water wells are being drilled for the same purposes there and are going to be over sometime this year.

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Qatar Charity launched an Urgent Relief Campaign for Yemen to help more than 18 million people living in the worsening humanitarian situation, with shelter, food, medicine, drinking water and winter supplies. 

Deteriorating Conditions

The humanitarian crisis that Yemen has been experiencing for many years has exacerbated the humanitarian situation, especially affected badly the vital services and facilities necessary for the daily life of citizens, who suffer from the lack of water, food and medical services, as there are no enough medicines and medical consumables and sometimes, there no medicines and consumables for many cases. This worsening humanitarian situation caused a large internally displacement from major cities to the rural areas, thereby increasing the human suffering, Project Manager of the QC’s Executive Management of International Operations Khaled Al Yafie said in his press statement.

He pointed out that international reports sound the alarm of the possibility that the world will witness the worst humanitarian disaster in Yemen in 2018, if we do not join hands to urgently stop this tragedy, as the extreme cold waves of winter are hitting them to bring even more difficult times to them.

Al-Yafie urged Qatari philanthropists and residents to donate for this campaign to alleviate the sufferings of those affected in Yemen, noting that the exceptional situation that Yemen has been going through for many years has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis there, due to the lack of food, medicine and basic services, which necessitates standing with them in their plight as a fraternal and humanitarian duty.

Campaign Products

In the field of food, the campaign aims at providing baskets consisting of eight types of main foods enough for a family for a month, worth 300 riyals.

In the area of health, the campaign works at supplying medicines and consumables to displaced Yemenis, as well as it gives an opportunity to provide medicines and various health services, worth, QR 50, QR 100, QR 500 and QR 1000.

Due to the scarcity of clean water and the almost total lack of sanitation, presenting a danger to more than 8 million Yemenis, you can contribute to providing drinking water worth, QR 50, QR 100, QR 500 and QR 1000.

To help more than 4 million Yemeni refugees struggling to survive the cold winter, you can donate to buy them blankets, mattresses and winter clothes for different ages, worth QR 500 for a winter bag for a family, QR 100 for a winter bag for an individual and QR 40 to buy one blanket.

Ways to Make a Donation

You can contribute to the campaign by donating the value of the campaign's products directly at Qatar Charity's headquarters and branches within the country, or to its collectors at malls and commercial centers, or through its website (qcharity.org) or hotline: 44667711.

Extended Developmental Efforts

It is also worth noting that Qatar Charity has previously launched many Relief Campaigns for Yemen in the 2008-2017 period to help affected people with food and shelter and to provide health services to them in addition to various projects implemented at a cost of about 30,932,535 million riyals, benefiting 1132892 people.