For investing in the creative capacities of talented photographers at Qatar State and Arab and Muslim countries, and drawing maximum benefit in social, voluntary and human areas, QC has launched a photography contest through Ghiras magazine (No 15).

For more participation, QC has extended the period of receiving applications until the end of January 2017.

Conditions for Participation

1. Using digital cameras.
2. Covering one of the following areas: voluntary and humanitarian aspects, community service, environmental preservation, childhood care, and promoting positive values.
3. Appropriately sized photographs, and having high quality with no effects, watermarked with applicant’s name or his\her logo.
4. Sending the photograph at QC Instagram account: www.instagram.com/ Qcharity, mentioning QC account at @Qcharity.
5. Filling out personal information on the contest page at QC site: qcharity.org/q-contest
6. Participating with more than a photograph.
7. QC is entitled to publish the photographs in any electronic or printed means. The participant shall enjoy an intangible property right (his\her name and logo).
8. The closing date for receiving applications is 30\1\2017.
9. Photographs shall be subject to judgment of an arbitration committee.
10. The winners will be announced by 1\3\2017.

The competition awards

• The first award RQ3000 + appreciation certificate
• The second award RQ2000 + appreciation certificate
• The first award RQ1000 + appreciation certificate

Qatar Power Engineering & Contracting (QPEC) has donated 100 school bags with all the relevant supplies in favor of Qatar Charity’s (QC) campaign entitled “Bring Me Back to School”, aiming to Support Orphans and students from low-income families.

Ali Gharib, director of the Department of Programs and Public Relations at Qatar Charity, thanked QPEC for donating school bangs. He also expressed his pleasure over such generous contribution from the company, which supports Qatar Charity to carry out its humanitarian efforts inside and outside the country and provide assistance to those with low-income.

He also noted that the charity attaches great importance to education, as it is one of the basic human rights, urging companies and institutions to continue to support this campaign in order to reach out to the largest number of beneficiaries.

For his part, Irshad Ahmad Mir, General Manager of Qatar Power Engineering & Contracting (QPEC) said this donation falls within the company's corporate social responsibility and its policy to return favors and give back to those around us.

He also noted that our presence in Qatar prompts us to respond to charitable works that are launched to serve low-income people, pointing out that QPEC will participate in such programs organized by Qatar Charity in future.

Qatar Charity launched the "Bring me Back to School" campaign last month in conjunction with the start of the new school year, aiming to meet the school needs and expenses of the children, especially primary school students, belonging to low-income families.

The campaign targets 3,000 students and in the first stage, it will cover school fees and transportation, bag, stationery and book expenses of 1,500 students for a whole year.

The “Bring me Back to School” campaign, which is still ongoing and will continue until the end of the school year, focuses on raising funds to pay the tuition fees of the children from Low income Families.

It is worth mentioning that the benefactors can contribute to it by directly making donations at Qatar Charity's headquarters, its 26 branches and 92 collection points located in commercial complexes within the country. Also, people can easily donate to the campaign through QC’s website (https://www.qcharity.org)  and App (qch.qa/q/app).

Mobile donating is also available via Ooredoo and Vodafone. To donate QR 1,000, QR 500, QR 100, and QR 50, send (QAEY) to 92429, 92428, 92642, and 92632 respectively.

Qatar Charity releases new issue of ‘Ghiras’ magazine

Qatar Charity (QC) has released the 23^rd issue of its "Ghiras" magazine in Arabic and English languages, which includes a series of reports, interviews, and articles on humanitarian, charitable and voluntary work.

The editorial touched on the coronavirus pandemic, which confronted charitable organizations with additional challenges, whether in terms of redoubling efforts to mitigate the effects of the pandemic or in terms of the difficulties of moving and the sacrifices by field teams. The editorial noted that the pandemic could not prevent these institutions from carrying out their humanitarian duties at the time of certain crises like the massive explosion that has rocked the port area of Beirut.

Under the title "Sports for Peace and Development", the magazine has many items, of which there is a report on the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) including the ‘Sport for Peace and Development in Darfur’ initiative, which was launched by the Qatar Fund Development (QFFD), Qatar Charity,  and others, as a successful model for countering extremism in UNODC’s technical guide.  The title also has a report on the formation of the displaced people team, in addition to a statement of Mr. Massimiliano Montanari, CEO of the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS).

The issue includes an interview with Mr. Khaled Khalifa, UNHCR Regional Representative to the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), in which he expressed his pride in the UNHCR's partnership with Qatar Charity. During the interview, he noted the impact of the coronavirus on humanitarian action, in addition to shedding light on other matters.

The issue also comprises another interview with Mr. Khalifa bin Jassem Al-Kuwari, Director General of QFFD, who highlighted the efforts made by QFFD globally, its position among international donors, its role in supporting Qatari humanitarian and charitable organizations, and prospects for developing its partnership with Qatar Charity.

The current issue of the magazine also contains many articles such as ‘Creative Volunteering: The Value-Added Humanitarian Action’ and ‘The need for good governance in the charitable sector’.

Furthermore, ‘Um Fatima: The miserable life of the displaced’ and ‘Ann Cotton educates millions of girls within Africa’ are worth reading materials available in this issue of the magazine, while ‘Coronavirus: a shock of isolation and uncertainty for children’ and ‘Infected with COVID-19, Dr. Mustafa sets an example in humanitarian action’ are very interesting articles.

There are also some reports on developmental and humanitarian projects implemented in countries like Indonesia, Somalia, Bangladesh and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Arabic readers can read the current issue of the magazine through this link:

https://www.qcharity.org/Exportpath/WebStoryGhras/2020/9/0-Photo2020-09-21_01-07-43-PM.pdf

English readers can read the current issue of the magazine through this link:

https://www.qcharity.org/Exportpath/WebStoryGhras/2020/9/0-Photo2020-09-21_01-09-47-PM.pdf